Love, Love, Love

The article by Nancy Gibbs to which I referred in yesterday’s post closes with this thought, “…science alone will not resolve questions that reach this deep into our relations with one another.” Gibbs was, of course, speaking of the Pill and the multitude of issues surrounding it. Her statement is most appropriate, however, in a very general sense. We live in a society which is pretty much the opposite of the sola scriptura thinking which predominated before the scientific era. Perhaps the pendulum really does have to swing from one extreme to the other before the wisdom of the center can be truly appreciated. I have devoted myself to theology and am therefore committed to what is meant by a statement such as “God is love.” If love is the answer, if love is our salvation, then our understanding of love must be made real and practical. As Gibbs said, science alone will not resolve such questions.