RELIGION AND SOCIETY

Religion and Society ~ 405 ~ “In dealing with the eternal varieties, the area of experiment is reduced and that of contemplation enhanced.” Agreement has now been reached that absolute reasoning can apply only to fields of research which, according to Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), concern ‘Knowledge of things’. ‘Knowledge of truths’ is a separate field of study and, in this, direct argument is impossible: certainties cannot be arrived at. We can only attempt to arrive at probable judgements. This is not limited only to non-material facts, but to many things which fall into the category of the material, like light, or the interpretation of gravity. I venture to assert at this point that the basis of judgement provided by modern knowledge is indubitably in favor of revealed law. The notion of revealed law presupposes that there is a God of this universe, and this is obviously not unintelligible to man, for most of the great scientists have believed in God in one form or the other. Newton (1642-1727) saw a ‘divine hand’ in things which caused the movement of the Solar System.