The Generation Gap-WHY? - Herbert W. Armstrong
The Generation Gap-WHY? - Herbert W. Armstrong
The Generation Gap-WHY? - Herbert W. Armstrong
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Atomic Energy CommiHion photo<br />
Abo ve, giant atom sma sher - the Bevat ron. W ith this ma chine, a sto und ing knowledge a bout the<br />
a nti-pro to n a nd numerous ot her particles ha s been discovered . Yet this knowled ge of nuclear energy<br />
has bro ught mankind to brink of oblivion.<br />
scientific magazines published weekly<br />
or monthly. Th ese journals deal exclusively<br />
with the NEW scientific facts<br />
in the biological and medical sciences.<br />
6,000 journals ! And this for only<br />
one field of science! Even more significant<br />
is the amazing realization that<br />
almost 2,000 of these journals were<br />
not there four years ago.<br />
An average journal contains more<br />
than 50,000 words (100 pages, 500<br />
words per page ) . Th is means that c\'ery<br />
mon th over 300,000,000 words of NEW<br />
scientific facts arc published in just<br />
the biological and medical sciences<br />
alone!<br />
Yct - for all this explosion in medical<br />
knowledge - an increasing percentage<br />
of babies are being born with<br />
deformities! Why? Why this knowledge<br />
gap in medicine?<br />
What KIND of Knowledge?<br />
No one can deny that we are witnessing<br />
a knowledge "explosion." But tubat<br />
kind of knowledge is this explosion<br />
producing?<br />
Is it the kind that tells man the way<br />
to health, to peace, to prosperity and<br />
happiness?<br />
Does it answer the truly BIG questions<br />
of life for him - IF/h ere man came<br />
from? Wh, t is his purpose ? Why he is<br />
making such a miserable mess of things?<br />
W here he is headed ?<br />
Is the knowledge being acquired<br />
today telling man how to solve the<br />
gigant ic problems of mounting crime<br />
and social ills, the population explosion,<br />
the ominous threat of nuclear war, of<br />
economic chaos, of empty lives and<br />
religious confusion? Are the multiplied<br />
thousands of medical journ als really<br />
solving the problems of physical and<br />
mental sickness and disease ?<br />
<strong>The</strong> tragic answer to all these questions<br />
is NO.<br />
But \'.;'HY?<br />
IV hy is man's fantastic increase in<br />
knowledge not bringing him any closer<br />
to the answers to these BIG questions?<br />
IF/ hy do even the questions themselves<br />
seem to be confused and muddled in the<br />
mind s of today's educators and thinkers?<br />
IVh)', in an age when knowledge is<br />
being multiplied repeatedly, are the<br />
most basic questions of human life<br />
being studiously ignored ? <strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
reason for our growing troubles. You<br />
need to know what that reason is!<br />
Take the experience of a young<br />
scientist, who seeks the answers to the<br />
purpose and meaning of his life.<br />
<strong>The</strong> young scientist IS full of<br />
youthf ul idealism. He finds himself in<br />
an incomprehensible universe, and he<br />
doesn' t know wh), . \Vh at is this universe<br />
? What is man ? Is there any purpose<br />
in life - or is mankind simply<br />
a colossal cosmic joke ? He burn s with<br />
curiosity and the desire to know. He<br />
wants answers.<br />
In fact, this is one of the reasons he<br />
has chosen science as his career. "Science<br />
is a sure way to discover Truth," he
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