Darn technology!

I swear I am the worst person at these blog things... I cannot handle this technological computer blog stuff!! Sorry! Here's the text that goes with the picture...
A map, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or a part of an area.” In light of this, it was interesting to learn about the history of maps and how they were made. Mrs. Mitchell talked a lot about the spiritual background of the ancient maps. The maps would represent their spiritual beliefs. The maps would orient the maps to the east because Christ was to come from the east. They would use a tabernacle system as a reflection of the universe. They would place Jerusalem as the center of the world, representing Christianity and Christ as the center of the world. Since the ancient maps had Christian themes as its importance in the maps and a map is a representation, their maps represent the spirituality of the time. Their emphasis was not on the accuracy of the maps (because they certainly were not accurate) but on Christ. Faith was over fact. It astonishes me how so many things revolved around their beliefs. Their writings, their music, their art, and even their maps… they all are reflective of their spirituality. Now, if we reflect our beliefs in our works, we are considered intolerant, politically incorrect, unscientific, and non-intellectual. Then, it was the norm. I’m not saying that we should completely ignore scientific and geographical fact and focus solely on the spiritual. But I just wonder if there will ever come a time in which we can integrate fact and faith without being looked down upon as being non-intellectual, “religious” people.