I watched a show on PBS about space, galaxies, dark energy and the discovery of it all throughout history. Each discovery brought new understandings to what existed beyond earth. Each discovery excited people about creating more inventions to learn more about what is still unseen and unlearned. For space discovery, people had to believe there was something more out there. What was once believed to only be 1 galaxy, ours, turned out to the discovery of billions of galaxies made up of billions of stars each. Their focus remains that there is more out there than what’s right here.
Religion is the same way. Religion believes that there is more to this world than what we can see. We shouldn’t be so quick to see Religion as a crutch to “weak” people anymore than we see space exploration as fantasy for the rich nerds. God has made himself available to be discovered. And I love how the New Testament says that our understanding of this spiritual realm can be understood, even if in part. As a follower of Christ, my mind needs to be as a space explorer, to desire to learn more about this unseen realm. Because what if…there is more to this live than what we can see?
“Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18.
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I believe that we're hard-wired to long for something larger than ourselves; if things had worked out differently, people who ended up as astronomers and cosmologists would have gone into theology and ministry. A combination of our their own brokeness and the lousy witness of Christians leads them to fufill this need in a more socially acceptable way. (Not that I have a problem with astronomers and cosmologists)
On a related note, whenever people try the "Religion is a crutch" argument, I usually say "O.K… But what if we're made with broken legs? Wouldn't using a crutch be the most logical thing in the world?"
you think we're hard-wired for something larger than ourselves? I suppose that is true, even biblically (Romans). And makes sense from a unbeliever stand point. I guess I was thinking about "church-goers" or those who profess to be Christians. What happens/ed to believers who seem to lose their saltiness, their light, their passion, their seemingly "inability" to move with the HS or desire to seek after God?
I like your related note of broken legs, that's good.