From: Michael Everson ([email protected])
Date: Sat Sep 29 2007 - 06:32:50 CDT
At 04:08 -0700 2007-09-29, Peter Constable wrote:
>Also widely off-topic...
Indeed.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>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?
-- Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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