Hi On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, James Guinee wrote: > Although I'm not quite sure what it means that things don't work any better > than they have to. Why shouldn't things work perfectly?
Why should they? > I guess I always thought that the evolution argument equated to "things are > getting better," but perhaps that's not accurate or overly simplistic. Things cannot get better if they are already perfect. And "getting better" tends to be true for highly specific collections of organisms that are adapting to different environments, including one another. > Dudes like Einstein believed in God. I wonder why someone that smart > believed something that other intellectual types find so unbelievable? No, dudes like Einstein do not believe in a personal god. Einstein did not, and 80% (or so) of high-status scientists do not. A better question would be why more religious types don't follow the excellent example of Einstein and other highly intelligent, scientifically-minded people. > That's not meant to be provocative -- it's just a question. It is not provocative, just incorrect. Although stating things that are patently untrue might be seen as provocative. Another common myth asserted presumably to good ends is that Einstein was dyslexic or had a learning disability. Again not true. > > But really, why bother? We all know who on TIPS is a Christian and who > > isn't > Don't we have anyone on this list who fits into neither category? > What about them? I would be very interested to hear the perspective of a > religious psychologist from another belief system, or even one who isn't an > adherent to the system but very knowledgeable of it. I posted an example of an Islamic psychologist. Essentially, his science was prostituted to his religion. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
