Once, when the "ancient lines" of the Bible were new, we declared ourselves divine among Earth's creatures, for we believed God made us in his image. Modern thought defines the world scientifically, with anything that can't be proven or experienced by the human senses to be fantasy. Science is worshipped liked any other religion, although it makes as little sense to someone unfamiliar with it as BIblical symbology does to the modern day reader attempting to make sense of Old Testament writings literally. But no matter how smug and all-knowing humans feel, no amount of math equations will figure out life. There will always be holes.
I think he's reached the the point at the road to wisdom & maturity where he's beginning to realize that everyone has to define life in their own way, and while the words of others may help us, only life eperience offers Real Lessons. Once we get to this point, present and passing philosophies, religions and theories seem no more meaningful than simple Nusrsery Rhymes: In fact one may begin to see parallels between the two, and find that often it's the deceptively simple words that can teach us the most.
Once, when the "ancient lines" of the Bible were new, we declared ourselves divine among Earth's creatures, for we believed God made us in his image. Modern thought defines the world scientifically, with anything that can't be proven or experienced by the human senses to be fantasy. Science is worshipped liked any other religion, although it makes as little sense to someone unfamiliar with it as BIblical symbology does to the modern day reader attempting to make sense of Old Testament writings literally. But no matter how smug and all-knowing humans feel, no amount of math equations will figure out life. There will always be holes. I think he's reached the the point at the road to wisdom & maturity where he's beginning to realize that everyone has to define life in their own way, and while the words of others may help us, only life eperience offers Real Lessons. Once we get to this point, present and passing philosophies, religions and theories seem no more meaningful than simple Nusrsery Rhymes: In fact one may begin to see parallels between the two, and find that often it's the deceptively simple words that can teach us the most.