God Arises
Religion and Society
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complexity is not inherent in the law itself, but in
the limitations of the human intellect. Fortunately I
am supported in this by modern science, which
makes it clear that there is a great deal more to the
universe than can come under our direct
observation, and that what is not knowable is much
greater and more significant than that which is
actually known. American Professor Fred Berthold
very simply, but very profoundly sums up the
philosophy of logical positivism: “The important is
unknowable, and the knowable is unimportant.”
In the nineteenth century, it was supposed that man
was heading towards absolute reality, although at
that time it was actually even further from his grasp
than it is today. But, at least it was felt that man was
sure to discover it one fine day. Now the scientists
of the twentieth century tell us, under the banner of
positivism or operationalism, that such a
supposition was entirely wrong, as science can not
tell us about ultimate reality or ultimate good. Sir
James Jeans in his book,
The Mysterious Universe
,
makes the point that “our earth is so infinitesimal in
comparison with the whole universe, we, the only
thinking beings so far as we know, in the whole of
