Friday, January 04, 2013
How Always Preceeds Why.
Which brings us to The Meaning of Life. Why? Why am I here?
I can still remember my Catechism answer to that question. Indeed, I was too young to have even formulated the question. (Huh? Why? Not How?) You can only slip this question to a child who is too young to understand the nature of existence. The child does not yet understand that 'how' always preceeds 'why.' So you can flim-flam the child with 'whys.' But the child will eventually begin to wonder about 'how.'
'How' is always a Scientific question.
'Why' is always a religious question.
They told me that in the Catechism the answer to the question was:
'God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this life, and to be happy with Him forever in the next.' (Heaven.)
Damned white of Him! Then they taught me about Eternal Hell.
And I thought, Huh?
I sorta believed that nonsense until I took one of the three science classes offered at Bishop England Catholic High School back in the early '50s, Chemistry. I missed out on Physics and Biology because I had no adult advisors in those days.
Chemistry posed the question, HOW? Furthermore, Chemistry had something to say about the question, WHY?
God was completely missing in Chemistry!
I loved Chemistry. There was no Hell in Chemistry; only logic.
