RE: Fish (was Re: Marks)

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Sat Sep 29 2007 - 06:32:50 CDT

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    At 04:08 -0700 2007-09-29, Peter Constable wrote:
    >Also widely off-topic...

    Indeed.

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]
    >On Behalf Of William J Poser
    >
    >> It seems to me that "scientific orientation" describes rather well
    > > the materialist, rationalist view that leads one to be dismissive
    > > of revealed religion, especially in its fundamentalist forms.
    >
    >This is interesting, particularly given that rationalism and
    >scientific endeavour as they widely exist in the world today are
    >probably more dependent on Christian theology than any other
    >influence.

    In what way are they dependent on the *theological* aspects of
    Christianity, rather than on other aspects of its engagement with the
    world?

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    Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
    


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