The Age of Transition

Thousands of years ago, we humans lived in tribes all around the globe, in an age of ignorance. We had no way of knowing how we came to be or why the seasons changed or why thunderstorms or earthquakes etc. happened. We did not have science...but we did have storytellers and the error in thinking that people like the creators of Superman or J.K. Rowling existed only in the modern age has caused many of us to deny the fictionality of so many legends the religious maintain are factual.

At night we gathered around the campfires and told stories as there was little else to do. These stories were handed down through countless generations eventually becoming "true". Most tribes developed their own deity or deities, their own creation myths with many having their own versions of Adam and Eve. Other times actual events were relayed down through the centuries gaining layers of fiction in a generational game of Telephone. "The Illiad" would still be considered merely a Greek myth if Schliemann hadn't found Troy but the discovery of Troy no more proves the existence of the Olympian gods then the discovery of King David's stable proves the existence of the Jewish deity. 

Some found that if they claimed an ability to manipulate or speak to or for the deity or deities they could gain power and not have to work in the fields or go hunting as the majority of people had to do. This power was often passed on to their offspring thereby creating a hereditary caste of priests or shamans. Power does corrupt as we still see in the leaders of various religions. 

About 400 years ago we began to develop the technology to investigate the world around us and beyond with the invention of the microscope and the telescope. Science was born, giving humanity the true reasons as to our origins and the answers to many questions that had plagued us for centuries. We entered the age of transition and the balance began to shift as science gained more credence and religion less so but those in power were and still are reluctant to give it up and are fighting tooth and nail to stop progress, to drag us back to that time of ignorance when we believed in made up beings. 

It should never be science vs creationism but Christian creationism vs Moslem creationism vs Indian creationism vs Native American creationism vs Aboriginal creationism etc. Let the Bronze Age mythologies duke it out and leave science alone. As matters of faith they are all equally valid; as matters of reality they are all equally invalid. It is time to put away childish things and grow up, to enter the age of science. Will we let those who want us to regress continue to dominate us or will we stand up so we can go forward; to return to the moon, to explore the other planets and beyond or will we remain a backwards planet ruled by superstitious nonsense? Will we ever be able to go boldly where no human from the Earth has gone before?