Philosophy The second coming (relations between science and religion)
‘Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world’ Etching a grotesque rendition of civilizations cyclical unfolding, W. B. Yeats poem ‘The Second Coming’ alludes to a future where the controls that bind humanity together loose their force and a new impulse is required. Likewise amidst strange days, omens of the new millennium, the historically established dominions of both science and religion seem to fall victim to the very corruption of time Yeats was referring to. Thus, as mankind battles forward, neoteric interpretations of antiquated beliefs are imminent; but prior to reforming these social restraints, a considerable measure of thought must be allocated to the associations between science and religion. Ordinarily, science and religion are assigned to hostile countries where they are disconnected from each other resulting in what initially appears to be battle. Both ‘textbook’ science and ‘booklet’ religion, rarely present accurate accounts of themselves, facilitating uninformed versions of reality, and interpretations that gravitate towards misrepresentation and an over genera
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Approximate Pages = 16 (250 words per page double spaced)
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