Hi Ian How do you suggest experimenting with genes might damge our souls? Does not nature experiment with genes daily?
DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Kierkegaard > 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/ > 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/
