From: "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- "Fr. Ivo da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
**It has to be investigated. I found an explanation
in
http://www.boloji.com/hinduism/064.htm and in
http://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation4.htm.
I am not discussing it here.
I do accept the teaching of the Bible on the
resurrection of the dead.
We see countless examples like the above wherein
people confuse pseudoscientific nonsense displayed on
the internet for genuine science.
* I have only suggested to discuss the concept of re-incarnation
in the light of sciences, metaphysics and religions. We have to be critical
and revisit the topics.
There is no science of reincarnation.
*But there are subjects which can discuss the concept of re-incarnation.
I mentioned two links as a help. I do not accept re-incarnation,
but the biblical teaching of the resurrection of the dead.
The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth has a historical basis.
Jesus is a historical person, the accounts of his Resurrection are
critically examined as historical texts and submitted to historico-critical
analysis.
There are witnesses to the empty tomb and to the appearances of Christ
after his death to his disciples. Certainly it is not "pseudoscientific
nonsense". It goes beyond Science.
A priest is free to write about science just as a
medic is free to write about sociology or history, but
readers ought to always critically examine what
anybody says or writes on important issues.
*Anyone is free to write on any subject, as Dr.Santosh is doing.
A priest can surely write on Science or any other subject. His views will be
better balanced
by his curricular study of philosophy and theology. There are those who
have studied or
been specialized in empirical sciences. There are priests-scientists
who are teaching sciences or doing science. Abbe Georges Lemaitre
(1894-1966) was a
Belgian priest-scientist,
author of Big-bang Theory ( or Cosmic Egg, though the name Big Bang has been
given
originally as a critical comment by Fred Hoyle).
In the beginning most scientists were religious priests.
There are priests who are not specialized in history, yet they are writing
and publishing books on history.
If a physician has deepened sociology or history, he can surely write on
these topics. There are physicians
who taught sciences, not only medicine and biology, but physics, chemistry
and mathematics.
Those who write seriously know how much they have to study.
Readers will not be able to read critically unless they are also trained or
personally tuned to these sciences.
