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Supernatural Knowledge
Dick Johnson
其他書名
The Ageless Enigmatic Credential of Saints and Terrorists Alike, How Human Nature Shapes Our Deadliest Pretense
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017-02-18
主題Religion / Religion & Science
ISBN15427829619781542782968
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ChfUAQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Religion is held to be the source of our values and morality, the impetus behind all things good. Yet it sustains an unparalleled acquaintance with death, destruction, and terrorism. And generation after generation we fail to acknowledge, much less explore, this glaring incongruity. Historians have written endlessly on the many origins of religion, and critics have written countless volumes on the immeasurable atrocities committed in its name. But here we are in the 21st century splicing genes and colliding particles at near the speed of light, and we still don't have a coherent understanding of why we practice this most enigmatic of human behaviors. Our technical knowledge, that which reflects the rational side of human behavior, is doubling every couple of years, rapidly increasing the human ability to not just innovate, but to destroy and devastate. Yet our understanding of religion, the only irrational behavior we widely embrace and encourage, has remained virtually unchanged throughout history. The immense significance being, it is our irrational behaviors that have always been and will always be the greatest catalyst for human conflict. Only to the extent we understand and curb our irrational behaviors can we mitigate the dangers that, as result of our soaring awareness, are growing at a staggering rate. This book is dedicated to that pursuit.