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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Why? (just curious why you think that, not saying you're wrong  ) |
Because spirituality satisfies two basic human needs:
1) The need for answers to things science cannot provide
2) The need for hope from something beyond our understanding
Please note, I'm not saying that *all* human beings will always need spirituality -- some don't need it at all.
What I'm saying is that logic is *not* the answer to everything for everybody. And keep in mind, that's always been a tough pill to swallow for me because I'm a highly analytical person by nature.
Think of the parent who loses a child. Although he hasn't prayed in years (and may even consider himself to be an atheist), his grief may cause him to cry out to a higher power because no earthly knowledge can console him -- this need for comfort from a "greater than human" force is universal and can be found in every culture.
Now think of the man who is trying to decide whether or not it's morally wrong to cheat on his wife. Science cannot answer this question for him. To solve the riddle, he has two choices: he can rely on his own logical axioms, or he can rely on the guidance contained in a religious book thought to be sacred by his culture.
And no matter how much we might prefer him to use his own logic, many people will always rely upon the book. You see, both logic and dogma can be debunked in the hands of a skilled debator. Some people want their law to come from something higher than themselves.