At 06:00 PM Wednesday 12/5/2007, Charlie Bell wrote: >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 usual answer in practice to that question: If » I « do it, it's because they genuinely don't collide. If » you « do it, it's because of "compartmentalization" (aided perhaps by "rationalization" and/or "self-delusion"). ;) -- Ronn! :) "People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them." -- Dave Barry _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
