On Saturday, March 16, 2013 6:41:58 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 3/16/2013 3:13 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > "For we must remember that the materialist philosophy (whether true or >> not) is certainly much more limiting than any religion. In one sense, of >> course, all intelligent ideas are narrow. They cannot be broader than >> themselves. A Christian is only restricted in the same sense that an >> atheist is restricted. He cannot think Christianity false and continue to >> be a Christian; the atheist cannot think atheism false and continue to be >> an atheist. >> >> But, as it happens, there is a very special sense in which materialism >> has more restrictions than spiritualism� The Christian is quite free to >> believe that there is a considerable amount of settled order and inevitable >> development in the universe, but the materialist is not allowed to admit >> into his spotless machine the slightest speck of spiritualism or miracle. >> The Christian admits that the universe is manifold and even miscellaneous, >> just as a sane man knows that he is complex. But the materialist�s world >> is quite simple and solid� The materialist is sure that history has been >> simply and solely a chain of causation�" >> > > Like most philosophers Chesterton did keep up on the science of his time > and so writes as though Lagrange was the last word. >
I think that this list shows that the view that "history has been simply and solely a chain of causation" is alive and well in the 21st century. Craig > Brent > -- 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.
