A different route was taken by science in search of the sublime. This discipline set its gaze upon the heavens and tried to solve the riddles of the universe. Its readings expounded upon the marvels of time and space. But for a vast number,“staying true to their profession” meant that only natural explanations won the day. Science kept its sights on forces and laws and events. At best, some would concede the “footprints” of a designer, but the footprints they offered often did not lead the soul to satisfaction. It was one no less than Bertrand Russell who said that of the two deepest hungers
...more
