> -----Original Message----- > From: denstar [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:47 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: This saddens me > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jim Davis wrote: > ... > > In short science and religion are only compatible as long as you're > willing > > to make compromises to one or the other. Many people - even some > faiths - > > can, many can't. > > What do you mean by compromise? Personally, my "faith" mixes quite > will with my "science".
Your "faith" seems far from "Religion" - and that's the problem with generally spiritual people chastising the genuinely religious. No matter how well it works for you (or for the millions like you) a belief in a higher power does not equal religion. Religion codifies truth as a matter of faith, science as a matter of investigation. Truth in the former may be questioned but is ultimately inviolate, truth in the latter is malleable and under constant refinement. One encourages, by definition, the idea of supernatural intervention in the natural world while the other, by definition, rejects it. Again, compromise can make religion and science happily coexist, but they're not naturally compatible. It may be that one brand of religion (or, more likely, a cobbled-together, uncodified spiritual world-view) is more compatible with science but that doesn't mean it's reasonable to say "there should be no problem". Saying so dismisses as ridiculous one of the most serious issues facing our society. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
