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THE NEW AGE OF FAITH IN SCIENCE
Is science threatening to destroy our ties to the spiritual? In the Middle
Ages people relied on religion to set them free.. The peasant stood in awe of
the holy priest. The priest was the only one that could even read! Today, we
may too often stand in awe of science.
Governments issue decrees and bans on products and services based on the
results of scientific research, research which isolates mathematics and language
at the expense of detail! The idea that scientific researchers always act in
good faith may too often not even be questioned by their ignorant followers, the
news media, the government or the public. All that is needed is a consensus or
acceptance by the majority and results based on scientific inquiry becomes law.
The problem is NOT with science but with the mental laziness that brings on
this acceptance as too many folks cannot even get through the details of video
cassette recorder (VCR) instruction manual. It is easier just to find someone
or something you can trust, especially when it comes to disputing scientific
research which would require the mastery of a language that is difficult to
grasp and understand.
Just as the Medieval Church grew rich in power and wealth from its supremacy
of thought control in the Middle Ages, is the scientific community following the
same course today by essentially winning control of the hearts and minds of the
masses?
Remember, as much as science has contributed to mankind, science is unable
to conceive of the realm of the spirit and soul where all numbers and time are
meaningless and insignificant. Religion cannot see the natural world but
science cannot describe the spiritual. Beware of praying to science and
scientists. They are neither our priests, confessors nor are they god-like as
some in the scientific community as well as some of their loyal followers may
like to believe.
SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: ADBUSTERS MAGAZINE WINTER 1997
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