On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 06:36:18PM -0700, Russ Abbott wrote: > > And it has nothing to do with whether there is a God. I don't understand the > connection. Reality is. (That's the end of the previous sentence.) God, if > there is any such thing, is by definition outside the realm of what is. And > I say that because those who believe in God -- at least those who are > sophisticated about it -- are very careful to keep God away from any sort of > empirical investigation or verification. > > -- RussA >
The only connection is analogical. There's probably almost as many conceptions of god as there are people on the planet. Similarly, there seems to be about as many conceptions of reality. Consequently, both terms are really superfluous to doing science. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
