Hi DM, Of course "messing around" could damage our souls - that's not a reductionist thing to say. It would be reductionist to focus on the genes for an explanation though ;-)
Ian On 3/21/08, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > looks like some Scottish cadrinal is pretty reductionist, thinking > that messing around with genes might damage our souls > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7308224.stm > > pretty reductionist > > DM > > > > I'll add a comment to my own post, using something David M said on > > another forum, that ties in with - "the same paradoxical path" > > referred to. > > > > To paraphrase DM > > "Both scientific rationality and christian theistic tradition are > > equally reductionist / simplistic when it comes to explaining the > > whole of reality. Neither has a monopoly on being wrong." > > > > Discuss. > > Ian > > > > On 3/20/08, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Excellent edition of "In Our Time today" on Kierkegaard > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20080320.shtml > >> > >> [QUOTE] > >> It's also fascinating that he saw the two great teachers, Socrates and > >> Jesus Christ, as eschewing the same paradoxical path towards truth. > >> It is open to speculation what he would have thought of the influence > >> he had on the atheistic Jean-Paul Sartre. > >> > >> But it always came back to Christianity. Kierkegaard knew that it did > >> not make sense. It was a challenge to reason and that was the > >> magnetic mystery of it because there was, undoubtedly, truth in it. > >> It's an awful pity that Dawkins could not have been around then. > >> Perhaps even more of a pity that Kierkegaard could not be around now. > >> [UNQUOTE] > >> > >> Regards > >> Ian > >> BTW - for those who have trouble with these on-line links - humour me > >> - go to the "Podcast" page and right-click on the "Download Episode" > >> link and "Save Target", or whatever equivalent Mac users have to do. > >> > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
