Article October 15, 1966 Issue

Youth and the Scientific Revolution

GEOFFREY J. BARRATT

Jet planes thrust through the clouds; automobiles outpace the winds; television pictures flash almost instantaneously around the globe; a rocket as tall as a thirty-story building shudders on its launching pad, then streaks away towards a distant planet. In our computerized contemporary world these scenes and events are becoming commonplace. The wonders of science and technology multiply at a bewildering and accelerating rate. There are breathtaking plans for exploring the remotenesses of the material universe, as well as the likelihood of making startling new discoveries. As humanity races ahead, change and progress are the keynotes of society.

This is an age in many ways unique in the history of mankind. It is one in which great good and great evil seem to be juxtaposed and values tend to get tangled by the rapidity of the changes. The spiritual realm of God is often forgotten, and the voice of Spirit sometimes goes unheard amid the boastful trumpeting of materialism. Yet it is a period in which the lives of numerous young people are being enhanced and stabilized by Christian Science, despite the social flux that surrounds them.

If one aims to be a modern young man or woman in the forefront of progress one may be persuaded that scientific advances have rendered religious teachings obsolete and that spiritual values are actually an impediment. But young students of Christian Science have spiritual, scientific knowledge of God to help them understand, adjust to, and appreciate current changes.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

"Who did hinder you?"