"Religion travels with a speed of light"
Just finished reading Dan Brown's origin and I can realize why some readers felt disappointed with Dan's new way of thinking specially the merging of science with symbols.
I came across a dialogue from the film named avatar "it is hard to fill a cup which is already filled" true in many ways.. Dan browns initial works dealt with religion, symbols,codes that difine religious patterns and a mind boggling thriller chase in search of finding an answer related to religion, symbol etc.
Some of his works like da Vinci code and Angel and demons are packed with such things which had and have hooked readers to their books. After working on two books with same construction of writing readers adapted to a habbit of expecting the next book to have same construction. To their shock Dan Brown's 'inferno' dealt with two complex topics "population and ecology". How many times since the release of inferno have I heard that Dan's this work is "not up to the mark" " not worthy" "disappointed" ?
For those who had the privilege to read
eugine p odum's book on ecosystem and ecology would definetly nod and say that "science and ecology" are not everyone's cup of tea". Most of the time we deny about the daunting situation regarding rising population and it's dramatic effects on climate. It's there it will be there is a kind of attitude we hold.
When Dan Brown added these two elements along with symbols the way of reading changed. When one reads a book that awares him/her about their current ways of living it's becomes a hard pill to swallow.
Dan browns current book Origin is facing same situations readers wanted a piece of "old dan work' something like da Vinci code. As it's written on the cover page " from the best selling author of da Vinci code".
During my post graduation days my dissertation work consisted of the topic "impact of technology on formal communication" invigilator asked me why and when did humans became a part of technology?? My reply was simple "an e-mutation" lead to such evolution.
Where do we come from where are we going?? Is the question which has been asked through out the book. Being a three dimensional creature we cannot see past also can neither see future but can prepare for future hence the explanation presented in the book has somewhat satisfied me. We are living with the fifth dimensional being 'the technological being" they have access to past and future in form of folders and command.
Now for some readers who asked the reason why religion was dragged in all this. the reason I feel is simple "religion travels with the speed of light" even in the remote places where education and technology have yet to reach religion is already present. People join hands in different ways to pray but never to educate or to remove myths. When did we became a part of religion?? Where did religion come from?? Where is it going??
There is something between religion and science, faith and fact. While religion works with faith science wants facts. Now here is the thing we believe and are afraid of what we can't see more than to what we can. Faith is a feeling it is inbuilt like those apps that comes handy with smart phones if one try to disable an inbuilt all the software sends message regarding disorder due to absence of that app. Same goes for faith in midst of difficulties faith hold us together.
Let's consider faith as a force like gravitational force it holds us to where we are where we belong, always with us. Faith travels beyond time beyond our known dimensions. Where as science is incomplete without fact. Facts argue with faith.
In origin the joining of faith and fact has been noted. True indeed religion and science are two most powerful structures yet they work in opposite direction. If only the two powers worked together religion could have helped in spreading of science and science could have stopped religion from spreading myths.
Last but not the least one have to shed generations of cultivated knowledge regarding both the mention structures. Then only one could accept the new way of thinking the joining of religion,science and technology in a proper way for the betterment of human kind.
Just finished reading Dan Brown's origin and I can realize why some readers felt disappointed with Dan's new way of thinking specially the merging of science with symbols.
I came across a dialogue from the film named avatar "it is hard to fill a cup which is already filled" true in many ways.. Dan browns initial works dealt with religion, symbols,codes that difine religious patterns and a mind boggling thriller chase in search of finding an answer related to religion, symbol etc.
Some of his works like da Vinci code and Angel and demons are packed with such things which had and have hooked readers to their books. After working on two books with same construction of writing readers adapted to a habbit of expecting the next book to have same construction. To their shock Dan Brown's 'inferno' dealt with two complex topics "population and ecology". How many times since the release of inferno have I heard that Dan's this work is "not up to the mark" " not worthy" "disappointed" ?
For those who had the privilege to read
eugine p odum's book on ecosystem and ecology would definetly nod and say that "science and ecology" are not everyone's cup of tea". Most of the time we deny about the daunting situation regarding rising population and it's dramatic effects on climate. It's there it will be there is a kind of attitude we hold.
When Dan Brown added these two elements along with symbols the way of reading changed. When one reads a book that awares him/her about their current ways of living it's becomes a hard pill to swallow.
Dan browns current book Origin is facing same situations readers wanted a piece of "old dan work' something like da Vinci code. As it's written on the cover page " from the best selling author of da Vinci code".
During my post graduation days my dissertation work consisted of the topic "impact of technology on formal communication" invigilator asked me why and when did humans became a part of technology?? My reply was simple "an e-mutation" lead to such evolution.
Where do we come from where are we going?? Is the question which has been asked through out the book. Being a three dimensional creature we cannot see past also can neither see future but can prepare for future hence the explanation presented in the book has somewhat satisfied me. We are living with the fifth dimensional being 'the technological being" they have access to past and future in form of folders and command.
Now for some readers who asked the reason why religion was dragged in all this. the reason I feel is simple "religion travels with the speed of light" even in the remote places where education and technology have yet to reach religion is already present. People join hands in different ways to pray but never to educate or to remove myths. When did we became a part of religion?? Where did religion come from?? Where is it going??
There is something between religion and science, faith and fact. While religion works with faith science wants facts. Now here is the thing we believe and are afraid of what we can't see more than to what we can. Faith is a feeling it is inbuilt like those apps that comes handy with smart phones if one try to disable an inbuilt all the software sends message regarding disorder due to absence of that app. Same goes for faith in midst of difficulties faith hold us together.
Let's consider faith as a force like gravitational force it holds us to where we are where we belong, always with us. Faith travels beyond time beyond our known dimensions. Where as science is incomplete without fact. Facts argue with faith.
In origin the joining of faith and fact has been noted. True indeed religion and science are two most powerful structures yet they work in opposite direction. If only the two powers worked together religion could have helped in spreading of science and science could have stopped religion from spreading myths.
Last but not the least one have to shed generations of cultivated knowledge regarding both the mention structures. Then only one could accept the new way of thinking the joining of religion,science and technology in a proper way for the betterment of human kind.
Yes indeed, these topics are not everyone's cup of tea.
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