Importance of Engineers in Society
The role of engineers in society predates Adam, it seems, since Paradise was said to be designed according to plan. Of course, the blueprints were drawn up and executed by God. Their role seems to some people to be almost godlike since they can draw up blueprints and have people follow them to produce a structure like a bridge. To some naive people this type of professional must actually be using magic to have the skill to produce exact numbers and a design that can be used to build a building. In any given population, there are some people who are intellectually inclined and some who are impressed by their brightness since they can duplicate a higher being in a building. Of course, the emphasis is on making and not in creating.
That might seem absurd but some people equate making as creating. The importance of these specially educated individuals in areas like marking out of streets, planning safety measures when building bridges, and working out a blueprint or design of the structure before putting it down on paper or in a computer is almost like reading about the great cities in the Bible that were designed according to what he wants. That seems to be how some people view the role of the engineers in out society and in past societies. For some people a specialty designer can be able to say, let there be light and there it would show automatically. That is not as far fetched because it is a positive outcome from the development of a great profession and wonderful for society.
