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In the 21st century, does mankind still need religion?
What is the role of consciousness for mankind?
Can a purely materialistic view of the world be justified?
Why would science be interested in studying religion?
What evidence is there to show that the brain is still evolving?
Religion creeps into the thinking of scientists

..it is not our eyes or ears, nor even our intellects, that report the world to us; but it is our own moral nature that settles at last the significance of what exists about us. In all respects each age has interpreted the universe for itself, and has more or less discredited the interpretations of previous ages.
..Richard Maurice Bucke, MD

It is very difficult to elucidate this cosmic religious feeling to anyone who is entirely without it..The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma...In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it.
..Albert Einstein

Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it isimpossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.
..Stuart Sutherland (British psychologist)

When you say how strange it is that other men do not think about God in the same way as I do, when he has impressed the idea of Himself on them exactly as on me, it is precisely as if you were to marvel that since all are acquainted with the idea of a triangle, they do not all perceive an equal number of truths about it, and some probably reason about this very figure incorrectly.
..Rene Descartes

There is no topic under the sun, from bacteria to life on other planets, or from atoms to galaxies, which is not discussed every day by scientists in books, on the television or in newspapers. The only subject excluded from this scientific study is the idea of Divinity that has haunted the human mind persistently for the past thousands of years. Has the mystery of existence been thoroughly explored and has it been proven conclusively that there are no energies in the universe which correspond to the concepts of religion and have been part of human thinking from the very start? If not, can we call this apathy to a perennial problem a healthy attitude of the intellect?
..Gopi Krishna (Indian mystic)

Anyone who believes in a creator God is scientifically illiterate.
..Richard Dawkins, Zoologist

hyperlink references:

(1,2,3,4) Kundalini: Empowering Human Evolution. G.Krishna. Ed: Gene Kieffer. Publ: Paragon House.
(5: p55 ) The real Nature of Mystical Experience. G.Krishna. Publ: New Age Publishing, 1979.
(Illus: ) The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration. Ed: Pierluigi de Vecchi / Nippon TV Network, Tokyo
Publ: Harry N Abrams, 1999; photos of the Sistine Chapel by Takashi Okamura




			In the 21st century, does mankind still need religion? What is the role of consciousness for mankind? Can a purely materialistic view of the world be justified? Why would science be interested in studying religion? What evidence is there to show that the brain is still evolving? Religion creeps into the thinking of scientists
		..it is not our eyes or ears, nor even our intellects, that report the world to us; but it is our own moral nature that settles at last the significance of what exists about us. In all respects each age has interpreted the universe for itself, and has more or less discredited the interpretations of previous ages. ..Richard Maurice Bucke, MD It is very difficult to elucidate this cosmic religious feeling to anyone who is entirely without it..The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma...In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it. ..Albert Einstein Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it isimpossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it. ..Stuart Sutherland (British psychologist) When you say how strange it is that other men do not think about God in the same way as I do, when he has impressed the idea of Himself on them exactly as on me, it is precisely as if you were to marvel that since all are acquainted with the idea of a triangle, they do not all perceive an equal number of truths about it, and some probably reason about this very figure incorrectly. ..Rene Descartes There is no topic under the sun, from bacteria to life on other planets, or from atoms to galaxies, which is not discussed every day by scientists in books, on the television or in newspapers. The only subject excluded from this scientific study is the idea of Divinity that has haunted the human mind persistently for the past thousands of years. Has the mystery of existence been thoroughly explored and has it been proven conclusively that there are no energies in the universe which correspond to the concepts of religion and have been part of human thinking from the very start? If not, can we call this apathy to a perennial problem a healthy attitude of the intellect? ..Gopi Krishna (Indian mystic) Anyone who believes in a creator God is scientifically illiterate. ..Richard Dawkins, Zoologist hyperlink references: (1,2,3,4) Kundalini: Empowering Human Evolution. G.Krishna. Ed: Gene Kieffer. Publ: Paragon House. (5: p55 ) The real Nature of Mystical Experience. G.Krishna. Publ: New Age Publishing, 1979. (Illus: ) The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration. Ed: Pierluigi de Vecchi / Nippon TV Network, Tokyo Publ: Harry N Abrams, 1999; photos of the Sistine Chapel by Takashi Okamura