In “God’s Funeral”, A.N. Wilson asserts the nineteenth century’s uncertainty over the literal truth of the Bible led to symptoms of disturbance and a ‘deep sense (personal, political, social) of dissolution’(11). Many Victorians saw "The Death of God” as a symptom of sickness of society: Western materialism and scientific rationalism had led to a society which had lost, not only a sense of the sublime, but its moral cohesion and unity. It had become, in a sense, the Devil’s playground…
Saturday, November 3, 2007
awesomely thought provoking
hey guys, check this out! What do you think!? Obviously fake but what do you think the artist was trying to get across?
I'll take a stab at this: Perhaps the artist is suggesting that Science has become what Religion was. There are many things that people believe to be "fact" because Science has proved it. There are many who use the word "consensus". Galileo went against the Church's and Society's consensus--and it turns out he was right--the earth is not flat.
I'll take a stab at this: Perhaps the artist is suggesting that Science has become what Religion was. There are many things that people believe to be "fact" because Science has proved it. There are many who use the word "consensus". Galileo went against the Church's and Society's consensus--and it turns out he was right--the earth is not flat.
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