Posted on 11/10/2012 7:48:08 AM PST by annalex
Indeed. I, too, am literate.
It is a false dichotomy. I think that in AD 1500-2000 our civilization had an illness: a disbalance of the analytical; its most current symptom is scientism: a belief that science provides a sum total of knowledge and superstition alone is beyond. But the faith survived: the Catholic Church, for sure, is doing fine, if you look at the big picture.
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