People who know nothing about the subject, or just less than I do, will tell you that science and philosophy and theology have nowadays all come together. So they have, in a sense. But the statement, like those above, is just a statistical one. They have come together as three people may come together in a picture theatre, or three people happen to take an apartment in the same building, or, to apply the metaphor that really fits, as three people come together at a funeral. The funeral is that of Dead Certainty. The interment is over, and the three turn away together. \u2018Incomprehensible,\u2019 murmurs Theology reverently. \u2018What was that word?\u2019 asks Science. \u2018Incomprehensible; I use it often in my litanies.\u2019 \u2018Ah yes,\u2019 murmurs Science, with almost equal reverence, \u2018incomprehensible.\u2019 \u2018The comprehensibility of comprehension,\u2019 begins Philosophy, staring straight in front of him. \u2018Poor fellow,\u2019 says Theology, \u2018he\u2019s wandering again; better lead him home.\u2019 \u2018I haven\u2019t the least idea wh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
People who know nothing about the subject, or just less than I do, will tell you that science and philosophy and theology have nowadays all come together. So they have, in a sense. But the statement, like those above, is just a statistical one. They have come together as three people may come together in … Continue reading random quip<\/span>