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Religions > Bible |
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"Nawaz" |
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24 Nov 2004 05:44:12 AM |
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Scream |
Dear All
The scream which has been echoing for centuries;
For the present system of life that man has developed from the dawn of
the human consciousness to the present day achievements, Mason
laments: We began our era of scientific efficiency confidant that
materialistic triumphs would solve life's problems. We are finding we
were wrong. Life is not as simple as that.
In this regard Robert Briffault is still heard moaning: No system of
human organization that is false in its very principle, in its very
foundation, can save itself by any amount of cleverness and
efficiency in the means by which that falsehood is carried out and
maintained, by any amount of superficial adjustment and tinkering.
That is why Iqbal had to declare in unequivocal words: Thus, wholly
overshadowed by the results of his intellectual activity, the modern
man has ceased to live soulfully, that is from within. In the domain
of thought he is living in open conflict with himself; and in the
domain of economic and political life he is living in open conflict
with others. He finds himself unable to control his ruthless egoism
and his infinite gold hunger which is gradually killing all higher
strivings in him and bringing him but life weariness. Absorbed in the
fact that is to say, the optically present source of sensation, he is
entirely cut off from the unplumbed depths of his own being.
It is because, in the words of Joad: A man's thought follows his
desire much as the feet of a hungry dog follow his nose.
On the other hand, man depends upon reason which in the words of Joad:
tends to be exhibited as a mere tool or handmaid of desire. Its
function is to secure the ends which we unconsciously set ourselves,
by inventing excuses for what we instinctively want to do, and
arguments which we instinctively want to believe… Reason is the power
of deceiving ourselves into believing that what we want to think true,
is in fact true.
It is also a stark fact that wise men, including scientists, are aware
that reason can never fathom reality. Dr Aitken, Director of Lick
Observatory, California, while discussing the formation of the
universe frankly admitted; Of the origin of the universe and its
ultimate fate, we know practically nothing.
Besides, there is no finality about scientific theories. With the
discovery of a new fact, even a well-established theory may have to be
modified or even set aside. Absolute reliance, therefore, can not be
placed on them nor can a philosophy of conduct valid for all human
beings, be built upon the shifting sands of scientific theory.
Hence Dr. Crowther aptly remarks: The last word of science on any
topic may perhaps be left for the last man to utter.
It will be sheer folly then if we are to depend on reason alone for
acquiring a set of right principles of conduct. Reason has repeatedly
failed to give right guidance in regulating social relation.
Experimenting with social affairs has often led to disaster. For
example, kingship was tried at first, then imperialism and finally
democracy, and that too is on trial today. Man has paid a heavy price
for experimenting with various forms of government – centuries of
bloodshed, internecine wars, revolutions, class struggle, and economic
and political unrest have been the consequences. For two centuries men
have pinned their faith on democracy but there are now unmistakable
signs of disillusionment.
On the other hand Einstein has said, representatives of science have
often made an attempt to arrive at fundamental judgments with respect
to values and ends on the basis of scientific methods and in this way
have set themselves in opposition of religion. These conflicts have
all sprung from fetal errors… Science cannot create ends and, even
less, install them in human beings; science can, at the most, supply
the means by which to attain certain ends. But the ends themselves are
conceived by personalities with lofty ethical ideals. This involves
the idea of religion for which Ouspensky openly says: A religion which
contradicts science and a science which contradicts religion are both
equally false.
Gentlemen i want you to throw some light upon it.
Regards
Nawaz
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