Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon:
Using the brilliant Disney film ‘The Jungle Book’ this week, we’ve thought about following, anxiety and trust. Today we look at identity.
The monkeys had kidnapped Mowgli and taken him to their leader, the orangutan King Louie, who wanted the power of fire that humans had.
He sings, “I wanna be like you, I want to walk like you, talk like you, …”
Human beings learn by copying others.
It’s as if we copy others in order that we become ourselves.
So while we maintain our unique identity; to reach it, we need community. We need others.
“Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion. Religion was an early attempt to answer the questions that we all ask, but nowadays, science provides better and more consistent answers, but people will always cling to religion because it gives them comfort, and they do not trust or understand science.”
