Religion – Some Questions
Religion – Some Questions That which begins must also come to an end. This is not a new experience for anyone. But can the converse be said with equal certainty? That which has no beginning, exists in the present and will continue to exist in the future may be described as eternal. Very few things are believed to possess this attribute. Some identify time, some space and some energy as candidates for such a distinction. Scientists and philosophers have explored these questions from different perspectives. Stephen Hawking, for instance, wrote A Brief History of Time. However, the scientific understanding of these phenomena does not, by itself, settle the philosophical question of eternity. But what about religion? Is it an eternal entity? Many would probably answer in the negative, considering religion to be a product of human thought, beliefs, experiences and interactions with nature, subsequently shaped and organised into different forms across different geographical and cultural sett...