I agree absolutely. Any fool knows what happens when you push the accelerator in your car, but they don't understand what is happening.
Anyways, I like this one:
"People's experience of the world is stunted, fueling their arrogance. Understanding the planet is no longer enough or important, people are intend on trying to change it."
Sadly I don't remember where I picked that up.
Falk B What I meant is that the Knowledge is a Gift of the Holy Spirit - and it is not easy to obtain one. So is Understanding, also one of the seven Gifts. In that aspect both gifts are important and difficult to get. But I agree with you, too: "Understanding the planet is no longer enough or important, people are intend on trying to change it." Yes, I agree, people are getting primitive and arrogant. God the Eternal Father to Saint Catherine of Siena about those who imagine themselves to be wise: "Therefore you must know that in these latter days there has been such an upsurge of pride, especially in the case of men who imagine themselves to be learned or wise, that my justice cannot endure them any longer, without delivering a just chastisement upon them that will bring them to confusion. But since my mercy transcends all else I do, I shall first give them a salutary lesson, to see whether they will come to their senses and humble themselves; as I did with the Jews and the Gentiles, when I sent amongst them idiots whom I had filled with divine wisdom. To confound their arrogance, I will raise up women ignorant and frail by nature but endowed with strength and divine wisdom. Then, if the men will come to their senses and humble themselves, I will behave with the utmost mercy towards them, that is to say, towards those who, according to the grace given them, receive my doctrine, offered to them in fragile but specially chosen vessels, and follow it reverently. Those who will not accept this salutary lesson, I shall with perfect justice reduce to such confusion that the world will look upon them as objects of contempt and derision." I love that quote. God may do one day (hopefully soon) what He said to the Saint Catherine.
I gotta admit that I'm not religious, but I like that quote!
If there's god up there... I'm not sure if he should laugh or if he should be furious!!
To stick with quotes - I see the world like this:
"War needs no gods, only... two enemies and whatever reason they invent in order to justify killing each other"
Steven Erikson
I think we need Holy Trinity more than ever - paraphrasing the words of Eternal Father I quoted: 'Natural ability of the human brain is very limited.' or 'Without me you can do nothing.' I think those words apply especially when we try to do something extremely difficult/complicated.