Thoughts Generated From The Undiscovered Self, by C.G. Jung

In his little book 'The Undiscovered Self', C.G. Jung describes the problem of science vs. religion. For modern man, science has become the preferred language of experience. Every thing must be measured by length, mass, charge and time to be useful, and what falls outside these categories becomes irrational and superfluous. The Church on the other hand simply asks men to have more Faith when confronted with such questions as 'why is there so much evil in the world'? Or 'why is there seemingly no justice?' or 'why do the evil prosper while the good suffer?'So on one side is the cold sterilization of the scientific method and on the other the hot demand of 'you must have more Faith!'To me, the Reality that science and religion are describing is the same entity, it's just explained in different terms. Science deals in empirical conditional truths while religion deals in solid mythical truths. And mythical in the sense that the Bible, in spite of the fact it is not scientifically verifiable in many ways, still contains a wealth of spiritual truths.These truths, these scientific and religious truths stand alone and are equally valid, and even share some characteristic at least in the fact that both camps have truths that are universal.On the one hand, the theory of gravity is universal in it's simplicity and application to all material objects, as 'thou shalt not kill' is universal on the spiritual side of things in that the dignity in humanity is to be revered and held sacred for all mortal souls.Some evangelical Christians have a problem when one applies the word 'mythical' to the Christian experience. But it is only mythical in the sense that Jesus currently cannot be measured by length, mass, charge or time. 'Blessed is he who believes, yet has not seen', He said.When Jesus came to earth, born of a humble birth, raised in humble surroundings in the country, He did not couch his teachings in greek rationalist terms. He spoke in simple parables, largely for the audience He was confronting. This my friend, is the language of Myth, although it be a Living Myth!Einstein, in his turn, I think raised a few empiricist eyebrows when he declared that imagination is more important than intelligence.So what makes a teacher great, whether scientific or spiritual, is the fact he can step outside the normal mode of communication for his field of expertise, spirituality in Christ's case, scientism in Einstein's case, and speak scientifically, though spiritual, and speak spiritually, though scientific!Science, to me is a function of the state, where it serves to improve the lives of millions materially of people. Jesus, when He said 'Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's', gave the State and all of it's sciences, props.It would do science some good to have more of it's outspoken teachers who would appreciate the spiritual more in the human experience.But for now, there is still the great divide, the great schism of our time, in my humble opinion.