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empty handed painter & dylan
Have you read any books by Deepak Chopra? He clearly explains how science and theology blend together....and it makes sense. Just a suggestion for very entertaining...and very insightful reading.
posted by
Originalcyn
on July 25, 2005 at 7:07 AM
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I don't want to fall into the trap of closing my mind...
...which I would be doing if I rejected without qualification the attempts of some to make scientific arguments for theological propositions.
Instead of just rejecting these attempts, I approach them with skepticism. I admit that I find it unlikely that they will bear fruit. Religion, as I was taught it, relies ultimately on faith -- not science and evidence. I do not see how the infinitude of the divine could be captured by our finite minds and methods.
On the other hand, I am more receptive to the arguments that certain phenomena in nature occur in such consistent and particular patterns that it's hard to believe they happened randomly.
If a die tossed thousands or millions of times always turned up a 5, we would find it hard to believe that there wasn't someone holding a string and making it do so.
That is, we would suspect intelligent design. Why, for instance, do so many ratios in nature correspond to the Fibonacci sequence? (I remember learning that in trig, although I forget the particulars.)
Such phenomena cause me to suspect that there is an intelligent designer behind all of it, but this is far from validating particular theological claims as to what God looks like, what he wants us to do, etc.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on July 24, 2005 at 3:16 PM
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dylan
looks like i have to post some time my own toughts regardin this matter
remind me if I haven't
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 18, 2005 at 6:30 AM
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Serious point, but facetiously worded.
I do not take it all that seriously, because I distrust the attempts of some to conflate science and theology. I suppose that if God exists, science and theology might unite one day; but I don't see how, or why. I am open to evidence.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on July 17, 2005 at 7:26 PM
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dylan
we got on a tangent here so i don't know if hyou're continueing the tangent or if you are addressing the original post.
it serious, it's all god.
but if facetious, then . . .
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 10, 2005 at 12:41 PM
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Yes, but the question remains whether or not this God fellow is behind all of it!
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on July 10, 2005 at 10:25 AM
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empty...hahahahahaha....now there is one thing I am thankful to
not yet have experienced. Ohhhhhh...so many bloggers are giving me the giggles today. This is a good thing!
posted by
behindamask
on July 6, 2005 at 10:10 AM
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of course
but you h aven't been around when a horse farted, have you?
aren't you glad?
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 6, 2005 at 9:56 AM
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Done, behindamask . . .
I have started such a blog; purely scientific, of course!
posted by
archiew
on July 6, 2005 at 9:55 AM
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Archie and Empty....
...The Evolutional Theory of Farts...now that would make one heluva blog.
posted by
behindamask
on July 6, 2005 at 9:39 AM
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Okay, Smarty (and I mean that in the friendliest way)
why did farts evolve? And did our predecessor animals fart? If we are designed in God's image, does God fart? Would that be a hurricane?
posted by
archiew
on July 6, 2005 at 9:32 AM
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Empty...
What, my dear friend, is perfect? This I pose as a rhetorical question. 
Is perfect euphoric, without error, normalcy, contentment, etc.?
I've played around with the human definition of perfect and it's caused me to question my faith. However, my perspective changed, via personal experience, and I now perceive the word perfect differently. 
posted by
behindamask
on July 6, 2005 at 9:30 AM
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