RELIGION: What We Believe - Introduction
Part II of IV
...This brings up a major question.
Why had the apparent termination of new religious contributions come to an abrupt halt?
Maybe it is because we have not developed the answer to the first point concerning why these major religious concepts appeared to be taking on a near global consensus.
Or maybe it is because we have, in fact, been developing but in a way we did not associate with religious development.
Maybe the development was taking place within other areas that were indirectly supporting religions, but not recognized as doing so.
Why was there an abrupt 1,500 year break in religious development?
Perhaps we can gain some insight into this question if we look at other developments that took place during these years.
Much of the main progress of our species over these years seems to have been in the areas of philosophy and science – areas that appeared to be religiously antagonistic but may, in fact, have been very much religion-friendly.
Western philosophical development of religion appears to have begun with St. Anselm in 1033 AD, approximately 500 years after the introduction of Islam into the world. St. Anselm was the archbishop of
This introduces logic, for the first time, into the discussion concerning a Causative Force.
Thus emerged the significance of logic or philosophy in understanding the Causative Force.
Following this 500 year cycle, the emergence of science in its modern form began.
Around the 1500’s AD, Nicolaus Copernicus’ De Revolution Orbium Celestium was published.
This work is recognized as the onset of modern science and the affirmation of Leonardo da Vinci’s perception of the importance of observation and experimentation in the process of gaining understanding.