Preface to the Revised Edition
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
The idea for the approach I have taken came following an address I gave to a group of scientists at the Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey. I addressed the subject “Why I Am Not an Atheist,” a response to Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian. The most telling aspect of that afternoon was the nature of the questions that were raised following the address. None of the questions bespoke the technical or scientific expertise that the audience represented. Rather, they all involved the heart-searching questions of men and women in pursuit of meaning in life.
I have found these same questions asked time and again in a variety of settings. After the intellectual smokescreen is cleared away, it is the felt reality of life’s struggles within each individual that comes to the fore.