But of course they cannot admit they are only claiming to prove something which they assumed in the first place. Similarly the clergy cling to the Christianity of the Gospels, because it is the only thing they know; they are ignorant of science, and do not want their treasured possession to be taken from them. But of course they want to conceal their ignorance. Neither side bothers to learn about the archetypes in the unconscious, that Jung claimed to have discovered in his clinical experience; or ponders why the image of God seems to be so deeply written into the human soul, and on the dangers of repressing it. Indeed biology may be descending into an ecclesiastical bigotry with its militantly anti-religious stance, and its internecine quarrels. Neither side can bridge the gap, and one is faced with the irony of the pot calling the kettle black. It is so easy to get lost in a favourite frame of mind; and my opinion is that no conclusion is worth much, unless you consider what assumptions you make in your mind before you begin. Neither side seems capable of doing this.
But this inability to see the other’s point of view simply underlines the need for a transcendent attitude of mind – such as comes from a vision of Nature and the Universe created by God. This time created on a basis of scientific fact, provided one recognises that Complexity changes the Rules; and recognizing as well, with political realism, that there will be occasions when war is the only expedient course of action.