The Instrumentality of Religion

Why Scientific Materialism is not always the answer

A Cross perched on the Cliffs of Malin Head, Co. Donegal, Ireland. A Memorial to a young french man who drowned off the coast. Photo by Samuel McGarrigle on Unsplash

Last night I saw “Outside the Bubble” on HBO, a documentary about the reality for Americans living outside of the bubble of coastal elites. The whole thing is worth watching, but one particular scene stuck with me. It was an old man pointing out the graves of his entire family, nine of them including his grand child, who…