Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 31

           "

           Langdonsmiled."Youmustbeateachertoo."

           "No,butIlearnedfromamaster.MyfathercouldarguetwosidesofaMöbiusStrip."

           Langdonlaughed,picturingtheartfulcraftingofaMöbiusStrip—atwistedringofpaper,whichtechnicallypossessedonlyoneside.Langdonhadfirstseenthesingle-sidedshapeintheartworkofM.C.Escher."MayIaskyouaquestion,Ms.Vetra?"

           "CallmeVittoria.Ms.Vetramakesmefeelold."

           Hesighedinwardly,suddenlysensinghisownage."Vittoria,I’mRobert."

           "Youhadaquestion."

           "Yes.AsascientistandthedaughterofaCatholicpriest,whatdoyouthinkofreligion?"

           Vittoriapaused,brushingalockofhairfromhereyes."Religionislikelanguageordress.Wegravitatetowardthepracticeswithwhichwewereraised.Intheend,though,weareallproclaimingthesamething.Thatlifehasmeaning.Thatwearegratefulforthepowerthatcreatedus."

           Langdonwasintrigued."Soyou’resayingthatwhetheryouareaChristianoraMuslimsimplydependsonwhereyouwereborn?"

           "Isn’titobvious?Lookatthediffusionofreligionaroundtheglobe."

           "Sofaithisrandom?"

           "Hardly.Faithisuniversal.Ourspecificmethodsforunderstandingitarearbitrary.SomeofuspraytoJesus,someofusgotoMecca,someofusstudysubatomicparticles.Intheendwearealljustsearchingfortruth,thatwhichisgreaterthanourselves."

           Langdonwishedhisstudentscouldexpressthemselvessoclearly.Hell,hewishedhecouldexpresshimselfsoclearly."AndGod?"heasked."DoyoubelieveinGod?"

           Vittoriawassilentforalongtime."SciencetellsmeGodmustexist.

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