Section I: The Intellectual & Cultural Climate Of The Second Half Of The Twentieth Century
SECTION I
THE
INTELLECTUAL
& CULTURAL
CLIMATE OF
THE SECOND HALF
OF THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY
Thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
The universe was not pregnant with life nor the biosphere with man. Our number came up in a Monte Carlo game.
To man qua man we readily say good riddance.
But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine; When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”