Re: [Goanet]Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-16 Thread Ivo Souza
, please go ahead... I would like to know what sustains you in your struggle for survival, for a better existence. Love of family? of a superior cause? of God (called by any other name)? Ivo Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet]Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

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2004-01-15 Thread Ivo Souza
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some scientists are believers themselves. It is not surprising that they are confused. There have been scientists among the Christian monks, who have taken science to great heights. They have not been confused neither in science nor in their Christian

Re: [Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-14 Thread Ivo Souza
: [Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa In a message dated 1/12/2004 7:43:06 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the human nature reflects God's creation. Therefore, morality is God's Will. Not true. Humans have evolved from mammalian ancestors

Re: [Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-14 Thread Filomena Giese
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The claim, backed by sound evidence, is that the dualist idea of the existence of an immortal soul as distinct from the body is untenable. Santosh, What methods does science employ to prove that a soul (whether it is distinct from the body or

[Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
In a message dated 1/12/2004 7:43:06 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the human nature reflects God's creation. Therefore, morality is God's Will. Not true. Humans have evolved from mammalian ancestors. Sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists have shown that

Re: [Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-12 Thread Ivo Souza
- Original Message - From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:21 AM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa Filomena wrote: This is an amazing claim, that science has proved the non-existence of a soul

Re: [Goanet]Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-12 Thread Ivo Souza
and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa In a message dated 1/10/2004 10:52:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Along with these welcome promises, science left to itself has the power to wipe humanity from the face of the earth. So does religion. In fact, all major world

[Goanet] Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
Filomena wrote: This is an amazing claim, that science has proved the non-existence of a soul. Filomena, The claim, backed by sound evidence, is that the dualist idea of the existence of an immortal soul as distinct from the body is untenable. I was not aware that the scientific method

Re: [Goanet]Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-11 Thread Filomena Giese
--- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder what the religious implication of the recent scientific finding that we do not have a soul, is. How can religion survive the realization that the body is all there is? This is an amazing claim, that science has proved the non-existence of a

[Goanet]Re: Science and Religion Sangam (SRS) in Goa

2004-01-10 Thread Santosh Helekar
In a message dated 1/10/2004 10:52:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Along with these welcome promises, science left to itself has the power to wipe humanity from the face of the earth. So does religion. In fact, all major world religions, and all the so- called