Haught

Haught A mystery is something that can not be explained. Many things in this world are a mystery, like how the universe was created. According to John F. Haught, a mystery is an other-than-ordinary dimension of reality that distinguishes religion from ordinary life and consciousness. When I put some more thought into what Haught’s defintion of mystery was, it became a mystery to me. Haught seemed to also agree with the scientists’ definition of mystery stating that mystery “often means nothing more than a set of problems that will eventually be solved by scientific exploration.” (Haught, 163) These set of problems that are in the realm of mystery, “seem to expand as we solve more of our scientific and other problems. It is like a ‘horizon’ that keeps receding into the distance the more our knowledge advances.” (Haught, 166) Haught had a general and scientific definition of mystery. His definition of mystery became unclear to me when I realized he also had a religious definition. Haught states, “In this text the term “religion” is used to designate only those modes of living, thinking, speaking and acting that display a consciousness of and a trust in mystery.” (Huaght 159) Haught connects religion and mystery, haught, god, think, about, scientific, one, definition, believe, universe, something, religion, problems, faith, world, way, ultimate, states, speak, set, seems, really, part, often, name, lao, knows, itself, even, consciousness, became, agree, adequate