I suppose, in view of Molly's kick off, we might have got somewhere like this - http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3827305?sid=21106097273403&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3738032 - which considers Bishop Abbott's Flatland and reconciliation of science as part of Christian faith in the crucible of the imagination. Religion, other than for bended-knee rule followers, is imaginative.
On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 4:28:39 PM UTC, archytas wrote: > > Fair enough until Star Trek as science fiction. > > On Thursday, 12 March 2015 14:42:19 UTC, facilitator wrote: >> >> I have as one of my "Trade mark" sayings: >> Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder but in the eye of the >> imaginative" >> >> ' What man has envisioned he will eventually conceive ' (Murray) >> somewhat encompasses the ability to imagine. >> >> "The only hinderance to progress is lack of imagination" >>> >>> >> It was thought back in the day that if a locomotive traveled faster than >> a horse it would begin to fall apart. It is said nothing can travel faster >> than the speed of light. Someday we will because we have imagined we should. >> The only people who really saw man on the moon were science fiction >> writers. >> The bionic man was part fact part fable now it is all fact. >> a myriad of devices seen on Star Trek are now a reality. >> >> If we are indeed creatures of the divine then what hinders us from >> creating anything we can imagine? >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
