Philosophy: What we reason:
Part II of IV
...Religion deals with faith, our intuitive ability to ‘sense’ what is even if we cannot ‘see’ it or cannot find any logic to it.
As such, religion would be the most difficult to prove through observation or logic.
In order to remain strong and not be pushed aside, it would need to establish deep roots.
History, culture, tradition, and custom would all need time to develop.
They would be the means of identifying with this field and they would provide the deep roots necessary to allow religion to survive the onslaughts of science and philosophy.
What area would then be the second area to develop?
It should be the second most difficult area to maintain – logic. Philosophy began long before modern science established its foothold (see Science Introduction).
Philosophy, using reason to understand what we are and why we exist, may seem to create a stronger foundation than faith but it is also wrapped in abstraction rather than the physical.
Both needed a great deal of time to develop and establish a strong base.
The third area allowing us to understand what we are and why we exist would be the easiest area to accept.
And what area is so easy to understand that it took only 500 years to develop rather than the 3,500 years religion took and the 2,500 years philosophy took?
It would be the realm of what we can analyze through direct observation – the arena dominated by science.
We are working on a puzzle. Because this is a puzzle being solved, the sequence of putting the pieces together may not always be the same, but the end result should be.
Philosophy may not have evolved last but since it deals with logic, we will use it last in order to put the religious portions of the puzzle together with the parts of the puzzle science provides.
In other words, we will use logic, reason, philosophy, to put the pieces together.