Hi Moreover, is intelligent design a "theological" claim? I thought the whole purpose of ID was to make a non-theological case for a designer? Doesn't that put it in the purview of science, rather than religion? I suspect that the number of purely theological claims made in the name of religion approaches 0 (i.e., claims with NO empirical / scientific / logical / linguistic implications).
Although we try to avoid the topic of religion here and in other academic contexts, I think it is inevitable that the subject is going to arise more and more. I have a slide I use in my culture and psychology class (I'm the real cross-cultural dude on TIPs) from a Pew foundation survey showing just how important religion is in the lives of people around the world. Although we tend toward the secular in the west (USA being a notable exception), there are many parts of the world were over 90% of the population indicates that religion is very important to them (much higher even than the 69% in USA ... vs about 30% in Canada and about 11% in France and other secular nations). Difficult to talk fully about cultural aspects of psychology without considering the importance of religion (its nature, predictors of belief, consequences and other correlates), although lots of texts tend to give it short shrift. Is one issue that will inevitably arise the question of the foundations for people's religious beliefs? And how should we address such issues in the classroom? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> Paul Brandon <[email protected]> 04-May-10 1:00:26 PM >>> Because they might embarrass someone? On May 4, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > ..another good example of why science writers shouldn't comment on > theology > > --Mike > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> What a shoddy piece of work is man. >> >> http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100503/full/news.2010.215.ht >> ml or http://tinyurl.com/shoddy-man Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=2443 or send a blank email to leave-2443-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2444 or send a blank email to leave-2444-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
