----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:34 AM Subject: Re: Israel and Atheism
> Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > If they are not orthogonal, then it should be possible > > and logically consistent to apply the methods of one to > > the other. My question is meant to explore the > > consequences of applying science to religion. > > > By orthogonal, I understand that the belief in science > should be totally uncorrelated to the belief in religion, > so that there should be an equal number of people that > are (a) very religious and very scientifically-oriented > (b) anti-religious and very scientifically-oriented > (c) anti-religious and anti-science and > (d) very religious and anti-science. > We were actually defining different spaces. I was talking about idea space, if you will. You were talking about sociology space. It is true that many people see conflicts between religion and science. My arguement is that those conflicts are not inherent in what religion really is and what science really is. Dan M.
