DM, Krim, and other MoQers, You might find this recent post relevant to this "different kind of commitment" issue here. http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1519 Save me repeating myself anyway.
Regards Ian On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Krimel] > > Science and religion ask for a different kind of commitment. > > not always, and sometimes round the wrong way, > some religious thinkers are all for doubt, questioning and > rethinking assumptions as you know, but not enough > of such people. > > [Krimel] > I attended a conference recently where the speaker was describing the work > of a number of theologians who are attempting to reconcile Christianity with > Darwin. After a while my eyes started to glaze over and I was just like, > "What's the point?" I think Dawkins is dead on when he says that Darwin > directly threatens the People of the Book. The deist god that just sets the > world in motion and sits and watches is impotent. A Christian god that > neither sets the world in motion nor tinkers with it is useless. > > Obviously there are those who have a vested interest in preserving the > vocabulary and the structure of certain institutions and traditions. I am > sympathetic to that. But it seems to me that it would be more productive to > just be honest and upfront about it. > > > > 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/
