Belief with Reason

It is debatable to say that we are fortunate to live in this century. Science and Technology have practically catered for any physical need one could think of ranging from transport to communication to even trivial things but they have also caused dangerous effects like global warming and  loss of millions of lives. It is also debatable to say that man has developed intellectually over the years because I am of the view that if structures that were built over a hundred years ago are still standing today, a picture painted hundred years ago can still hold a million stories  and centuries old sculptures look like real human beings frozen in time, then maybe human beings have either stopped thinking or have drastically reduced in intelligence because with the rate at which all these were made, human beings should have moved further than just the Internet at this time.

it is quite obvious that man has become heavily dependent on science and  technology often confusing it for the reason for our existence. Everything has been made so easy that even human thinking is done by computers and individuals become similar to robots.

Imagine a world where everything is done for you and you do not need to do anything at all but just wake up in the morning. imagine if you did not have to work nor take a bath nor do anything that would be discomforting. At first it seems like paradise but after a while one would get bored and judging from human nature, would feel useless. As a result of our being, there is always something we look forward to or try to achieve. As Abraham Maslow explained in his own way; self actualisation is the paramount need to a goal an individual tries to attain and this is probably the reason why we cannot be satisfied by lazying around in the house or lying flat on the couch. We always have this inner motivation to strive to become better at whatever we do or to become the best we can be. Technology shows how much man has achieved physically but yet it is still not enough to satisfy human beings. This brings me to the reason why man constantly feels insatiable and this is because there is one major aspect of his life that is missing.

Religion in the modern world (especially in developed countries) is probably seen as primitive knowledge, those who still believe in God are possibly considered unintelligent and backward. What people tend not to realize is that the motivation to be the best one can be  is to achieve perfection like an infinite being, free from defects. Isn't God this being?

I could talk about the uncausable cause and other philosophical ideas but  I wish I listened more in class, however it is possible to say that the reason why science is believed more than God is because human beings are more captivated by what they see. Empirical evidence is taught to be the basis for any form of knowledge and reason is not concrete enough to produce facts which are necessary to obtain a sane society. Although one needs to approach things objectively it should be understood that logic and reason have to go together to develop a well rounded concept. For instance, it is only logical that if one should touch a live wire, one would be shocked and this is proven by an experiment (that is maybe touching the live wire which results in a shock) but what brings one to this conclusion is one's past experience with the live wire. In another situation if one refuses to use his past experience when he sees another live wire he is back to square one which means when he touches it to determine what will happen, he will be shocked all the same and this is how religion probably is. Human beings in one way or the other have encountered things out of the ordinary even from my own experience being Catholic , things that cannot be explained by scientific means and it is these experiences and ones rational thinking that makes man understand there is an entity greater than science which is God (even though many would not like to admit).

Viktor Frankl was quite right in his theories of man and human existence. In order to achieve the ultimate goal which we all strive for we need to be aware of the one who is already perfect and infinite and we can only find Him in religion.

 Many of us know there is a God and He owns all and has given us all the necessary things needed to be perfect like Him,. those who say they do not believe in anything often contradict themselves because they heavily depend on either knowledge, technology or the government, in fact it could be said the government is some form of religion for many.  So the moral of the story is in order to achieve or attain the greatest and most satisfying goal in life, one has to believe, know and follow the one true being, this is the only way we would be truly satisfied.