----- Original Message ----- From: "Ritu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: RE: The Conversion of John C Wright
> > Robert G. Seeberger forwarded: > >> The Christian world-view is not only NOT incompatible with >> the scientific and logical one, they reinforce each other. >> You must imagine my befuddlement when I see science presented >> as somehow being the enemy of religion. Science is the enemy >> of Taoism or Buddhism, perhaps, but not the enemy of a >> religion that combines the rationalism of Athens with the >> mysticism of Jerusalem. We invented the University, for God's sake. > > *koff koff* > > Shangyang anyone? Or Takshila? Or Nalanda? Or Plato's decidedly > non-christian Academy? OR Ratnagiri? Or Al-Azhar? > > I mean, come *on*... In this case I don't think he refers to Christianity specifically, but to westerners. Almost as if he thinks they are universally interchangeable terms. > >> The Taste Of Sincerety Maru > > To me it read like the unbalanced fervour of a new convert. > Especially > in view of the eagerness to trash other belief systems, and ignore > documented facts. > What struck me about this and other articles by Wright on this subject, was how completely convinced he seems to be. No doubts. A conversion by a highly educated and very decided athiest just seems to be an unusual occurance to me. I recommend that people visit the blog and read about his visitation by The Virgin Mary. (Also strange because Wright was not born into a Marian tradition) It doesn't seem to affect his writing a whit. I just finished Fugitives Of Chaos a few days agoand enjoyed it immensely. (Though I generally recommend his sci-fi over his fantasy) xponent Zelazny-Like Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
