And on the matter of time – if I could send one person back
in time to the mid 19th century, who would I send? The answer is
Richard Dawkins, because this is precisely where he belongs. He would feel very
much at home among the social Darwinists of that era, and from there he could
do no more damage in our own time. But on the other hand we would then lose a
key person who provides an excellent model of why we as human beings need to
move beyond being ideological, beyond having minds that have closed in on fixed
opinions, beyond being people who do not understand the true nature of being
human, beyond being people who seek to project our self constructed
understanding of reality onto others … and become instead, people who embrace –
syncretism. Then, and only then, might we stand a chance of creating a world
based on living together in peace and harmony, a world in which love and
compassion are our overriding concerns.
“Um! That’s not something one often hears said these days
Paul. Julia xxx”
“Yes Julia, you are right. That’s why I say these things,
for it is time that people started to listen and to begin to change – a
familiar message for sure, but one that is timelier than ever! And science will
not help you to achieve this goal. So perhaps it is also time to tell all those
caught-up in scientism, scientific atheism, and similar nonsense to stop being
so stupid and begin to embrace the totality of being human. We surely need
science, but to raise it above all other ways of knowing the world, and to
claim it as being superior to other ways of engaging with life and
understanding ourselves and our world, is a recipe for a human catastrophe on a
scale never before experienced. We know this, because history demonstrates that
this is exactly what happens when one belief system claims such a status:
Christianity, Islam, Capitalism, Fascism, and Communism provide the historical
evidence. The human mind will corrupt anything, and the way to deal with this
is to recognise that this is so, and then to change as people and to stop
projecting these beliefs onto others.”
“Paul, it is indeed a moment in time when people need to begin
to understand the true nature of being human. Julia xxx.”
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