Religious futurists must assist ecumenical relationships, knowing that such concepts encourage many but frighten others. To assist races, nations, and religions to healthy relationships is of highest priority. Somehow it is more acceptable to think of scientific discoveries and breakthroughs in medicine than for centuries-old doctrine to shift. Yet religion must evolve to meet today s challenges. Regardless of our particular allegiance, we must remember religions die, many have.
Some seeds fall on fertile soil, some on rock.
Some will be nourished, others will blow away and die. The psychology of wisdom traditions suggests the art of inner knowing that is, realizing God's Will in one's life will be sought more intensely in the new era than it was in our scientific era. Education has prepared us to be a thinking, perceiving people, and religionists of today truly do desire a conscious awareness of God's love, will, and wisdom in their lives. Just as religion is often about dogma, spirituality is about joy. The forthcoming era beckons us to seek our potential, but all of us cannot reach this by the old familiar route.