2013/2/5 Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> > > On 05 Feb 2013, at 14:34, Roger Clough wrote: > > Hi meekerdb > > > There's nothing wrong with science as science. > But a problem arises when you apply the results to theology. > > Two completely different worlds. > > > That's indeed a point where string atheists agree with string christian. > Let us try to be not serious on theology, so we can assert the fairy tales. > Strong Christian are happy because they feel like they can contradict the > scientific evidences, and the atheists are happy so they can continue to > mock the christians, and continue to sleep on their own (materialist) dogma. >
You put meaning in atheism which is not there... an atheist can perfectly be an idealist... materialism is not part of the definition of atheism. Quentin > > That does not give much place for the genuine inquiry, I think. > > Bruno > > > > > > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > *From:* meekerdb <[email protected]> > *Receiver:* everything-list <[email protected]> > *Time:* 2013-02-04, 13:48:50 > *Subject:* Re: Topical combination > > On 2/4/2013 7:56 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 03 Feb 2013, at 12:30, Roger Clough wrote: > > Hi John Mikes > � > It says > � > "The Fabric of Eternity is the author's personal view of the Universe that > allows for science and theology to explore the wonders of creation in > peaceful unison.' > � > IMHO that is completely misguided, because the worlds they understand燼re > separate magisteria, to use� > Stephan Jay Gould's phrase.� Science deals with the physical world, and > theology deals with > the nonphysical world. > > > Only an Aristotelian can say "science deals with the physical world". This > sums up physicalism. > > A Platonist says that science is just the modest tool/method to deal with > any subject. > > > Except it was Plato who thought he could understand the world by just > thinking about it, while it was Aristotle who went out to observe and let > the world teach him.� So who was modest and who was arrogant? > > Brent > > Allowing the abandon of science in the theological field can only be an > invitation to the bad faith in there, and to the "don't ask" mentality. > > Bruno > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > *DreamMail* - The first mail software supporting source tracking > www.dreammail.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
