Science versus Religion

Moi qui suis un rationnaliste convaincu, au moins aussi athée que non-croyant, et peut-être encore plus agnostique, j’ai pourtant été interpellé par le discours de ce prêtre (voir plus bas).

C’est un prêtre fictif. C’est un personnage du roman “Angels & Demons” de Dan Brown.

Allez un peu de courage. Le texte est en anglais mais ça vaut le coup d’être lu je pense.

“The ancient war between science and religion is over. You [science and scientists] have won. But you have not won fairly. You have not won by providing answers. You have won by so radically reorienting our society that the truths we once saw as signposts now seem inapplicable. Religion cannot keep up. Scientific growth is exponential. It feeds on itself like a virus. Every new breakthrough opens doors for new breakthroughs. Mankind took thousands of years to progress from the wheel to the car. Yet only decades from the car into space. Now we measure scientific progress in weeks. We are spinning out of control. The rift between us grows deeper and deeper, and as religion is left behind, people find themselves in a spiritual void. We cry out for meaning. And believe me, we do cry out. We see UFOs, engage in channeling, spirit contact, out-of-body experiences, mindquests – all these eccentric ideas have a scientific veneer, but they are unashamedly irrational. They are the desperate cry of the modern soul, lonely and tormented, crippled by its own enlightenment and its inability to accept meaning in anything removed from technology.”

Ca me fait penser aux OGM, au clonage humain et animal, à toutes ces avancées technologiques qui amènent forcément des interrogations d’ordre moral… Que faire quand la science nous dépasse ??

Au passage je recommande ce bouquin à ceux qui l’ont pas lu. Il est aussi prenant que le “DaVinci code”. Et il donne une furieuse envie de (re)visiter Rome :)

Mais je crois que j’ai préféré encore “Deception Point”, du même auteur, qui nous entraîne dans une aventure qui mêle la Maison Blanche, la Nasa et le FBI… Palpitant !