Jim, I think that you overreacted here. Stephen pointed to several examples
of what is very clearly the garbage of religion (as opposed to the
'moral' religion, to use your words in each case), and suggested that a
little less religion would help. Clearly his post is an example of
screaming
Robin wrote:
Seems to me that you only need the concept of sin/fallen-ness if you're
already a Christian. If you believe that the world, life, etc. did not
come about as the intentional creation of a being, but simply through
chance and the forces of evolution, it makes sense that things
Subject: Re: rethinking sin
From: Chuck Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Guineee said
I'd like to buy a vowel -- one too many e's there ;)
Your typical Christian psychologist likely accepts as much of
psychology as s/he can, until it contradicts with her/his religious beliefs.
This
Mark McMinn, a Christian psychologist, argues that sin - and living in a
fallen world - is useful to the teaching of psychology.
He notes that the average general psych textbook will probably not
include the word sin, and yet evidence for the consequences of sin are
can be found
Hi
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, James Guinee wrote:
Although I'm not quite sure what it means that things don't work any better
than they have to. Why shouldn't things work perfectly?
Why should they?
I guess I always thought that the evolution argument equated to things are
getting better, but
In a message dated 2/20/2002 10:14:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
in the chapter on the human nervous system you are likely to encounter
descriptions of how serotonin deficits contribute to clinical depression,
and how dopamine excesses are attributed to schizophrenia
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, jim clark wrote:
No, dudes like Einstein do not believe in a personal god.
Einstein did not, and 80% (or so) of high-status scientists do
not.
First, the fact that whatever 80% of High-status scientists--whatever
that means--believe or don't believe doesn't exactly
From yesterday's _Chronicle of Higher Education_ (Tuesday, Feb
19/2002):
A TENURED CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR at the University of Texas at
San Antonio was fired Thursday on charges that he threatened
the safety of colleagues and students by... keeping too many
books in his office.
[ok,
Imagine a parallel universe where there is a listserve called TIPS which
stands for Teaching in Philosophy and Science. We are observing a discussion
among philosophers debating the meaning of memory. We would undoubtedly be
amused by their naivete and lack of familiarity with the relevant
Someone wrote:
A better question would be why more religious types don't
follow the excellent example of Einstein and other highly
intelligent, scientifically-minded people.
To which Louis responded:
Not exactly respectful or objective. So, scientifically-minded people
shouldn't
Harry:
Excellent point. I've developed a friendship with a Biblical Studies
professor here at our university and during our conversations together I
am frequently humbled by my lack of knowledge, in this case, about
biblical principles. I still enjoy thinking about and discussing the
On another note, has anyone heard about the lawsuits that some are
suggesting be filed against fast-food companies for making people
obsese and unhealthy? My health psychology class discussed this the
other day. Anyone here have any thoughts on this topic?
-Original
Here's a question for you bio people...
I was talking about the visual system today, and a student ask why we see
afterimages after a flash of bright light (like a camera flash). Does
anyone have a good bio explanation?
Thanks in advance...
Steve
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At 2:00 PM -0600 2/20/02, Rod Hetzel wrote:
On another note, has anyone heard about the lawsuits that some are
suggesting be filed against fast-food companies for making people
obsese and unhealthy? My health psychology class discussed this the
other day. Anyone here have any thoughts on this
Hi
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Louis_Schmier wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, jim clark wrote:
No, dudes like Einstein do not believe in a personal god.
Einstein did not, and 80% (or so) of high-status scientists do
not.
First, the fact that whatever 80% of High-status scientists--whatever
That was my guess, but I was not sure... thanks!
At 02:42 PM 02/20/2002 -0600, you wrote:
A short answer would be the rapid and substantial bleaching of the
photopigments in the receptors in the retina. The afterimage fades as the
photopigments are regenerated.
--
Doug Wallen, Psychology Dept.
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] went:
if you are interested in a good read that will persuade you to avoid
fast food restaurants, Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation is hard
to put down even as it turns your stomach.
I strongly second the recommendation; Schlosser's book is amusing,
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:46:56 -0600 Rod Hetzel
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Does anyone know of any studies investigating the
association between atheism and psychological functioning?
Now this sounded like a question that could be approached
empirically. I went to PsychInfo and began
Hi
I thought given the discussion here about scoring skating that
(some) people might be interested in the following quote posted
to sci.stat.edu about using Rasch scoring techniques. Could be a
good example for methods class on measurement issues. Presumably
similar problems arise in many
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, jim clark wrote:
Hi
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Louis_Schmier wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, jim clark wrote:
No, dudes like Einstein do not believe in a personal god.
Einstein did not, and 80% (or so) of high-status scientists do
not.
First, the fact
Here's a question for you bio people...
I was talking about the visual system today, and a student ask why
we see afterimages after a flash of bright light (like a camera
flash). Does anyone have a good bio explanation?
Thanks in advance...
Steve
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Today our discussion turned to the situation in Georgia where bodies are
being discovered that were supposedly cremated. Although he hasn't been
charged with this particular crime (yet), one student asked: Why is abuse
of a corpse illegal, but not abortion? My dead grandma is just a sack of
Larry Daily wrote:
The current crop of beasties on the planet are the ones
best suited to live in the current environment.
Almost. The are the best suited to reproduce in the current environment. It
doesn't matter how good you are at survival. If you don't breed, you don't
evolve. It
That would explain a *negative* afterimage, but explaining a positive
afterimage is more difficult.
Doug Wallen wrote:
A short answer would be the rapid and substantial bleaching of the
photopigments in the receptors in the retina. The afterimage fades as the
photopigments are regenerated.
Ronald C. Blue wrote:
T= 3.24 trillion qubits
RIGHHHT! What's a qubit?
- Noah, Bill Cosby
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