With the importance CRES gives world religions, why be concerned with science, art, sport, and such?
A7. It is our view that insofar as these activities are not placed in a cosmic context, such as provided by most of the world’s religions, we are a fragmented culture, “secular” in the worst sense. We have, for example, movies modeling and thus creating violence because business profits from Hollywood investments are more important than a sense of responsibility to society. The word “religion,” from the Latin “re-ligare,” means “to bind together,” and our society needs educational and religious opportunities to see how we are bound together, and what to do about that. This is why our newsletter gives attention not only to “religious” news but also to the religious dimensions of sports, music, business, and science.
