Direction of my remarks

The Mystery Religions

The Mystery Religions are usually grouped together with Christianity as a way of trivializing religions in general. I refer to science as specifically physical science because they appear to place high marks on proof and logic, whereas the spiritual, the unseen, all gain a mystic, mystery rating. 

Koestler 1905-1983

Closer to the beginning they were both considered together but grew apart in succeeding centuries. In this was a tragedy of thought, where I strongly agree with Arthur Koestler in his book entitled The Sleepwalkers.

The atheistic view, which I once rather carelessly adopted myself while in college, favors the specific which some handle roughly the further down the scale, if one takes note. 

Koestler takes a detailed long-term view of the parting of the disciplines, science and the humanities. The scientific views always seem to take a dogmatic final stage attitude, which he decries. 

Each generation typically take a more hostile view of the previous generation than do the current more malleable students of today. Not good, it suggests to me a hiatus in historical progress.