Human beings have a hard time imagining anything outside of our realm of experience. Not only that but in our current culture, respect for authority has dwindled. Mistrust abounds not only of each other but of anything that smacks of authority or even more so of the unknown.

We live day to day a comfortable and comforting existence in which we can be sure of certain things. Or can we?

Take this pew for instance. We know for sure that this pew is solid. It’s material. We can see it. We can touch it. The air on the other hand can only be felt. Unless it gathers in clouds, turns to ice, or heats to steam, we cannot see it. And yet we are certain it’s there. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be breathing. Our faculties tell us that it exists. And we believe it to be true. Even things we cannot see, suc…