Dogmatic Potential

Science v. Religion

Dogma; perhaps one of mankind’s most quoted faults, is really simply further evidence in support of human ingenuity.  How else could anyone- as so many do on a daily basis- go on expounding nonsensical hypotheses or soothsaying portentous omens, if not by the good grace of their clutching imaginations and fantastical (conveniently unfalsifiable) beliefs?

It must be mentally exhausting to have continually to justify one’s opinions as incontrovertible fact, yet still millions of tiny, steadfast human beings cling to a mantra inherited from ages of greater ignorance than this in the ultimately futile hope that it harks back to the wisdom of a time when many lived in unadulterated bliss.

Is it not inspiring, to see the absolute devotion and unswerving determination our species is capable of?  Now, imagine that same force dedicated to scientific advancement – the spectacles and fanciful speculations of science fiction would be surely left far behind, gasping admiration in the dusty wake of our achievements.