The Demon Haunted World is a book about the author Carl
Sagan who writes this book to try to make society understand that science means
more than its meaning of the universe etc. it is the fact that science gives
people the freedom to think on their own and is the meaning of a republic where
a government allows for them to have the intellectual freedom to talk about and
explore what could possibly be out there in the universe like extraterrestrials.
Sagan describes in the book many other very important people in science that
were independent thinkers that allowed for people to explore new possibilities
are the reason for science becoming so important in society and brings in new
technology and a new way of thinking of improvement here and the possibility of
going other places other than planet earth. Sagan also talks about how the fact
that you don’t need to be a scientist to take science in and really embrace it.
The title of the book Demon-Haunted World is referring to the irrational demons
that are set free into the world by irrational thinkers that don’t believe in the
scientific method or an open way of thinking and how this threatens our modern-day
society and the human race.
My favorite part of
the book is when Sagan talks about Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, the science director
of the Manhattan Project and developed the first atomic bomb that was later
dropped on one of Japan’s biggest two cities during World War 2. During this
the doctor realizes that he is very sad for his actions and became “one of the
good guys” in Sagan’s eyes because he had a heart and knew what he was doing
was wrong but he did it because of the fact that without it, America and all
she stands for would perish as a society and the freedom that the people in
America have. Sagan talks about how Oppenheimer than became chairmen of the advisory
committee of the Atomic Energy Commission to make sure in the future we don’t
kill each other using super weapons and science when we should be using science
to better the human race and survive for many more centuries to come. Another favorite
part of the book comes from a chapter where Sagan talks about aliens and how
aliens and ancient demons in religion have more in common than you would think.
In ancient times people could not comprehend the simple fact that we are not
alone in this universe of that we even lived on a planet among other scientific
realizations that have yet to be occurred. Since people could not understand science
and aliens the human race turned to religion and blamed these unearthly beings
to be demonic and must have to do with an evil that is similar to evil beings
found in biblical references.
In my personal experiences I have never been in a position
where I can say that I have seen or been affected by a “demonic presence”
Demons in the world of religion is not too difficult to comprehend. In church I
think the catholic church has never declined to the idea of demons existing in this
world although Sagan claims this in the book. I disagree considering the fact
that the Vatican has exorcists and has made public statements about demonic and
evil occurrences that the church has tried to resolve.
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