Nick,
You seem to be equating self understanding with religion. The two are entirely exclusive. I need not religion to know who I am, and religion doesn't necessarily imply self awareness.
You seem to be equating self understanding with religion. The two are entirely exclusive. I need not religion to know who I am, and religion doesn't necessarily imply self awareness.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell