But Bill, Feyerabend meant that the verdict was rational and just within the context of church DOCTRINE at that time. And, remember, that was at the time that the Pope Urban VIII. He had a list of his own foibles to worry about, so it isn't clear whether Feyerabend's opinion was actually well-founded.
However, I think we could say that science should be evidence-based, while religion is not based on evidence. And, I think all religions (if by religion we mean belief in a god or gods, or a supernatural force running the show) are not evidence-based. Once we recognize that, we will also recognize that there is no way to reconcile the two such that there are common grounds for discussion. After all, one group will always be argue using evidence, while the other group will never argue using evidence. A person who is a scientist and has religion must recognize that when they are being "religious", they have just left the realms of science. Almost seems like a split personality to me. Cheers, Jim On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 07:57, William Silvert <[email protected]> wrote: > On another list I recently posted the following, which is relevant to > Derek's comment: Should Galileo have been prosecuted?. The philosopher Paul > Feyerabend said "The Church at the time of Galileo kept much more closely to > reason than did Galileo himself, and she took into consideration the ethical > and social consequences of Galileo's teaching too. Her verdict against > Galileo was rational and just." > > Bill Silvert > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Pursell" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: sábado, 15 de Maio de 2010 1:40 > > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science and Religion Dogmatic conflict? Re: > [ECOLOG-L] evolution for non-scientists textbook > > > Science and religion are indeed compatible, providing that people do not > use the ideas and methodologies of one to override or undermine the other... > ------------------------------ James J. Roper, Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution and Population Dynamics of Terrestrial Vertebrates ------------------------------ Caixa Postal 19034 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil ------------------------------ E-mail: [email protected] Telefone: 55 41 36730409 Celular: 55 41 98182559 Skype-in (USA):+1 706 5501064 Skype-in (Brazil):+55 41 39415715 ------------------------------ Ecology and Conservation at the UFPR <http://www.bio.ufpr.br/ecologia/> Home Page <http://jjroper.googlespages.com> Ars Artium Consulting <http://arsartium.googlespages.com> In Google Earth, copy and paste -> 25 31'18.14" S, 49 05'32.98" W ------------------------------
