C.S. Lewis once aptly observed that “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
I searched earnestly for a coherent thesis in Professor Stephen Asma’s column “What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t)” that ran in The New York Times last Sunday. It’s basic premise, as best I can tell, is the following: religion is false, even laughably so, but it makes some people feel good in a way that science cannot. The author seems sincere and without malice, facts that are impressive only because he is an academic. His point is nevertheless condescending, and it is the natural olive branch extended by a philosophy certain of two things, namely, that they’re right and you’re a rube. But at least you’re a happy one, satisfied in your pitiable delusion.
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