On 06/12/2007, at 3:05 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > > I'm also a committed Christian and there's nothing incompatible > about the > two.
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? > 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? > > > The real incompatibility is between fear and science. That's true. So really, it's where religions or ideologies are fear- based that they have trouble with dealing with things as they are. Well, that explains the Bush Administration... Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
