Joe Marino found this letter by Charles Markos of Deerfield to the editor of the Chicago Tribune.
To read the entire letter, click HERE and scroll down:
This is in response to the letter to the editor "Religious reality" (Voice of the People, May 10), by Marc Perkel. Although I agree that public civic meetings should not implicitly endorse religion, I cannot agree with his logic or accept his conclusion: "Science is now the new Bible and reality is the new God."
I am a practicing Christian and had a 35-year career in chemistry research. I do not blindly accept all the teachings of any religion and the same goes for science.
However, Perkel’s contention that God "simply doesn’t exist" is in direct conflict with knowledge that has been recorded about Jesus. Look at the strongest evidence: Jesus risen from the dead is a reality that cannot be ignored. Supporting evidence lies in the modern-day scientific investigations of the Shroud of Turin that have not been able to discount the claim that it was the Jesus burial shroud, much less say with any certainty how it was produced. (emphasis mine)
Picture is Chicago Tribune Tower (1924),one of the world’s most beautiful skyscrapers.
Charles Markos took the words right out of my mouth…perfectly stated! Thanks Dan, for the post; thanks Joe for the find!
So the author of the article believes that we have a complete theory of nature? Not even Sir Karl Popper believed that:
https://www.academia.edu/5353803/God_science_and_religion_today
One must also add that the TS can be a prop, nothing more, that is why it is not an article of faith. Even if it is “proved” to be authentic, that it did really wrap the body of Jesus, that the Resurrection can be observed when we look at the image, it will still not answer all questions. On the contrary, it will raise more questions for both science and religion, but that is for another paper that will have to go deeper into the nature of reality…
The Charles Marcos letter which referenced the Shroud of Turin continued with another comment which Dan didn’t reproduce but has relevance to what I am currently working on: Chapter 17, The Apocalypse of Selfishness:
“The geologic history of the past 4.5 billion years bears witness to several apocalyptic changes on planet Earth. However, the current vector to a climate change apocalypse implicates that it may be due to human activity. Both unprecedented population growth and pollution-generating technologies are the fruits of scientific “advances.” Heaven forbid that science “reality” replaces God’s reality.”
Charles Markos
Chicago Tribune
May 14, 2014
John Klotz
http://johnklotz.blogspot.com
This is funny, Charles Markos is mixing things up, talking about “Science reality” and “God’s reality” and then, as though driven by fear of reality, as it is, he places his faith in the TS.
Louis, I didn’t read Markos this way. I really think Markos’ point suggests that the TS forges ahead from the old mythologies of Religion including the Judeo-Christian mythologies which do not serve us so well today and noting the TS there is a whole field of Science and a whole new field of Religion that we’ve yet to tap into… that’s all.
Hi Annette, I don’t think Markos expressed himself enough, he could have been more explicit.
If the Shroud is where the Resurrection can be observed, then it emerged from “Judaeo-Christian” mythology, which then ceases to be mythology, if it is a natural image then it emerged from Judaeo-Christian archaeology. Your last line is exactly what I’m saying in my first comment!