From: vunzndi@vfemail.net
Date: Sat Sep 29 2007 - 10:39:18 CDT
Quoting Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>:
> 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?
> --
Why the "theo logical" as opposed to the "theo alogical".
John
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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