Science and technology has tried to offer an alternative to religion by making a god out of human reason, but that didn't work out too well.

Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

Becoming fully rational is not enough anymore; evidently it can lead to distortions of all the great human possibilities.

Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.

In the Christian perspective, the love of God and of all other human beings invites us to share and enjoy not just the best of the human potential as it evolves, but participation in the divine life itself.

One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.

God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing.