Professor Brockelman, following the time line of creation, showed us how the scientific study of cosmology is telling us a new story of creation - a story that offers us awe, and wonder, and mystery. Professor Brockelman suggests that, if we compare creation myths with scientific cosmology, we see that both share the same characteristics. Scientific cosmology offers us a myth for today - It can found a new culture with scientific understanding and sense of meaning.
All cultures have a quest for meaning.
Hermeneutic means meaning. It is the third form of human understanding - an interpretation of life. It is not philosophy but what life is all about - it constitutes culture. We will look at life differently - more qualitatively. It has profound implications across culture.