Thanks for your question, Mike. My perspective (as a science devotee and a skeptic of a sort, and as a person of faith) is to assist each side in speaking to the other and in trying to find some common ground. Thus I have sought to offer scientific information and critical thinking to the faith community, and to articulate a science-friendly faith perspective to those who equate religion with the sort of science-denying viewpoint that you mention.
Dave www.davidmyers.org On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Mike Palij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:02:23 -0700, David Myers wrote: > >Dear colleagues, > >Recent discussions of science-faith tensions lead me to think > >you might occasionally have a student who would benefit from > >an explanation of how faith can be science-affirming, healthy, > >and humane, and of how science can inform faith. That's the > >intent of my new little book due off the press this month. > > Perhaps you can clarify a point: are you saying that your book > is oriented towards people who come from a science-denier > background (i.e., taught to accept the Bible as literal truth) and/or > subscribers to the Ben Stein perspective that Science=Nazism? > That is, torwards people who think that religion trumps science? > Is this what you mean by how science can inform faith? > > >An overview and some of the content is available at > >http://davidmyers.org/Brix?pageID=139. And feel free, of course, > >to forward this to anyone who might find it of interest. > > For balance, people on the west coast might consider attending > the October 3-4, 2008 Skeptics Society Conference in Pasadena, > CA: it includes a session on "Origins", "Does Science Make > Belief in God Obsolete?" (panel and debate), and entertainment > provided by Mr. Deity. For info, download the brochure at: > > http://origins.skeptic.com/ > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
