Q. No! Explain it to me now. Please?
A. Ok. So basically your motto contradicts itself.
Q. What do you mean?
A. "What science cannot tell us mankind cannot know": what branch of science led you to that conclusion? Was it botany, nuclear physics, mechatronics, biochemsitry, genetics?
Q. Well...
A. Well, your motto cuts right across all these fields so it can't be from any one of them. It has to be from some other source of knowledge. Your motto is a non-scientific conclusion. But if it is a true non-scientific conclusion, how did you come to know it?
Q. Argh! Can I be frank with you?
A. Please! Always!
Q. I see your point - it makes sense.
A. But...
Q. But I don't want to agree with it...
A. Why not? Why see the point but not accept it? Since you see the point it can't be for intellectual reasons. Is it for emotional reasons?
Q. To be honest, yes! I find it sad, detestable and repugnant to be told what to think. For example, haven't you remained in the faith your parents brought you up in?
A. Ummm... Yes.
Q. And don't you find it belittling of your freedom and intellect that that faith has dogmas you cannot question, that you cannot make up your own mind about unhampered by commandments, sins, popes, excommunications and so on?
A. Wow! Ummm... Many things I could say there but I'll focus on just two: first, questions are good. That's why we have this Q&A, the live session coming up in a few weeks and such like. The apostles questioned what Jesus taught them; you should as well. It is "faith seeking understanding".
My second point is rather cheeky...
Q. Ehe...
A. Aren't your parents atheists?
Q. They are...
A. So you too have remained in the faith of your parents?
Q. Dude! That's not cheeky! That's just plain retarded! Atheism is NOT a faith!
A. Oh. My bad... I was under the impression you believed it.
Q. Touché
(Cont'd in Q&A 99)
21stMay 2016