Late in the nineteenth century, Bishop Milton Wright is said to have preached that it was blasphemous to contemplate the possibility of a man being able to fly.See The Laugh's on Me by Bennett Cerf, pp. 380, 381; His sons, Wilbur and Orville, were pioneers in aviation. They proved that what is blasphemy to one generation may be progress to the next.
Reversing the coin, we see that many of the newer generation have a critical view of yesterday's "progress." They believe that its results, if not its motives, are sometimes blasphemous or worse.
Since each one of us operates according to his own experience and understanding, the credibility gaps that often ensue are not necessarily based on facts but arise from a personal standpoint or sentiment. If these gaps are allowed to harden along lines of polarization such as "young-old," "black-white," "conservative-liberal," and whatnot, then points of fact scored by either side are of no real help in effecting a reconciliation. This kind of breakdown in communication is all too familiar.
