From: Jim Melton (jim.melton@acm.org)
Date: Sat Sep 29 2007 - 12:22:30 CDT
Now *there* is a provocative statement!
I think that would come as a huge shock to scientists of other
faiths, but, hey, I've been wrong before.
J
At 9/29/2007 05:08 AM, Peter Constable wrote:
>Also widely off-topic...
>
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>On Behalf Of William J Poser
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> > 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.
>
>
>
>Peter
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