tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post6549147335984386986..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: What Makes Science Possible? Polkinghorne on Science and the Rationality of the UniverseVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-51764465005752045802011-03-23T17:20:33.434-07:002011-03-23T17:20:33.434-07:00I'm doing some reading in physics right now th...I'm doing some reading in physics right now that talks of experimentation establishing the idea of an underlying consciousness to the reality we experience.<br /><br />The idea of consciousness must speak of a certain order and rationality.GREVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415494137313565242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-49105004944185494312011-01-20T08:12:35.975-07:002011-01-20T08:12:35.975-07:00This is a test post.This is a test post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-18321099231062030922011-01-13T14:47:40.125-07:002011-01-13T14:47:40.125-07:00I hope that wasn't a "Trekkie" refer...I hope that wasn't a "Trekkie" reference!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-4759187744477264362011-01-13T14:44:26.993-07:002011-01-13T14:44:26.993-07:00Darn it Bob! I'm a philosopher! Not a scientis...Darn it Bob! I'm a philosopher! Not a scientist!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175830373964472006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-12762275968989531302011-01-13T13:56:49.835-07:002011-01-13T13:56:49.835-07:00Al: Well, I'm not a scientist, but I do play o...Al: Well, I'm not a scientist, but I do play one on TV... Seriously, although I am in no way a professional scientist, I am an avid reader of scientific publications and an amateur astronomer (in fact, president of our local club), so I do keep current on "what's hot" in research and theory.<br /><br />Which is why I have absolutely zero patience with anyone (on either side of the theist/atheist debate) who tries to drive an artificial, nonexistent wedge between science and religion. Such nonsense will get nowhere with me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-15830479126723136332011-01-13T10:33:14.502-07:002011-01-13T10:33:14.502-07:00Bob, I am a scientist and I agree.Bob, I am a scientist and I agree.Al Moritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422697770654047870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-23236854521368341962011-01-12T22:01:27.152-07:002011-01-12T22:01:27.152-07:00Well, sure, if you're a scientific realist. B...Well, sure, if you're a scientific realist. But what about a scientific anti-realist/instrumentalist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-72581686079100311922011-01-12T19:03:13.039-07:002011-01-12T19:03:13.039-07:00Excellent Bob. Excellent.
The whole thing I thin...Excellent Bob. Excellent. <br /><br />The whole thing I think is a myth. We have all these supposed gaps that were filled by God, but I'd really like to see that case made by history. For instance, Paley's watchmaker. Did Darwin overthrow him? No. You can have evolution and the watchmaker both. Neither one necessarily cancel out the other. If evolution is true, we should all say "Fine!" If it's not, we say the same thing.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175830373964472006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-81322285493447972002011-01-12T17:45:34.081-07:002011-01-12T17:45:34.081-07:00I just finished reading for the first time an essa...I just finished reading for the first time an essay by C.S. Lewis in the book "God in the Dock", entitled "Dogma and the Universe". I have never read a better argument for why science and Christianity are in perfect accord. In ten pages, Lewis absolutely annihilates the notion that there is any conflict between the two. I urge in the strongest possible terms that anyone sincerely interested in this debate read this essay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-14349206681647217682011-01-12T14:24:53.651-07:002011-01-12T14:24:53.651-07:00@Mr. Prokop
Three cheers!!!! I stand with you! ...@Mr. Prokop<br /><br />Three cheers!!!! I stand with you! Or, if you prefer in the spirit of Gimli, son of Gloin:<br /><br />"You can have my ax!"Shacklemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190598990748327537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-26003818949928756602011-01-12T13:20:23.880-07:002011-01-12T13:20:23.880-07:00I for one refuse to be taken in, either by the ath...I for one refuse to be taken in, either by the atheist screaming "science trumps religion", or by the fundamentalist with his head in the sand, denying the obvious.<br /><br />It's time for theists of whatever stripe to proudly raise the banner of science alongside that of his faith. After all, we OWN science. Science was invented by theists, developed by theists, and nourished by theists. Its greatest luminaries were and are believers. (I've listed them elsewhere. I won't repeat myself here.)<br /><br />THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION - NONE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com