On Dec 5, 2007 4:00 PM, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Except insofar as Christianity makes claims about how the world is. > IIRC, you're a Lutheran, and the American Lutheran church is fairly > progressive. But saying there's *nothing* incompatible about the two > would seem to be a stretch - even if you subscribe to the viewpoint of > "non-overlapping magisteria" there are bound to be cases where you > simply have to make a value judgement between what your religion tells > you and how the world appears to actually be, no?
Not that I can recall. Certainly not on a regular basis. There has been at least one time when I made a commitment to a church-related activity and our CEO called and wanted to talk business, urgently, and I told him that on that particular day -- a Saturday -- my priority was the church. Ironically, what I was supposed to be doing was practicing a talk on priorities -- how we balance faith, family, work, etc. One reason I'm very happy to work where I am is that this was okay, even encouraged by our CEO. Others might be less supportive and I'd have to decide whether or not to keep working there... but I don't see that as an incompatibility. What I find far more incompatible, or at least challenging, is to hang on to faith while witnessing the worst things life has to offer -- war, suicides, trauma of all sorts. It often seems like it would be much easier to yield to fear and distraction (which are related) than to continue to believe. > > > My church and lots of others around here are full of scientists and > > engineers -- this is Silicon Valley, after all. Some may find that > > their > > beliefs and their science collide, but I assure you that most don't. > > Because they genuinely don't collide at all, or because of > compartmentalisation? Depends on the church, I'm sure. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
