jonathan butz

History records the continual struggle between faith and knowledge. New ideas battle the old, earning slow acceptance amid violent setbacks.

The path forward is beset by staunch defenders of tradition and dogma. The dominant conflicts of the present are not so different from those of old save one thing: never before has the fastest growing religious assembly been nonbelievers.

In response, those singing old choruses simply sing louder, in growing desperation, threatened by change and information. By the time their voices crack, they’ve forgetten what truly inspired the singing and undertake irrational defenses, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.