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Sam

Thanks for the compliment! As you can see, I haven't got many readers left, and any applause in this empty hall is appreciated...

posted by Nautikos on November 27, 2007 at 1:42 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS

Thanks for the comment, and also for the reference to Langmuir's thing on "Pathological Science". I hadn't read it, but did now. It's a fun piece actually, though he certainly doesn't mean that Science is inherently pathological, but rather that it sometimes shows certain pathological traits. Actually, I would probably argue with him over some of what he says, and I suspect, being a scientist, he might well agree with me in the end, even if I don't have a Nobel Prize, lol...

Dawkins, on the other hand, argues that a faith in God is inherently pathological.

My argument is that it is not inherently pathological, but has had, and continues to have, specific consequences that may indeed be pathological. But I have also tried to remind ourselves that Christianity in particular has had this amazingly strong influence on our culture. And, as objective as I try to be about this whole business, that is something I am passionate about, because it's in my blood...

And didn't your Mom tell you to keep your hands to yourself, or your arms, in this case...?

posted by Nautikos on November 27, 2007 at 1:37 PM | link to this | reply

BEING A FREE THINKER AS GOD INTENDED, I COULDN'T CONSIDER HAVING HIM IN MY LIFE EACH MOMENT OF THE DAY. THIS IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF WORK!!!!!!!!!!! SAM

posted by sam444 on November 27, 2007 at 8:40 AM | link to this | reply

Oh, yes I do,

I remember accidentally laying my arm on the keyboard.

posted by TAPS. on November 26, 2007 at 11:49 PM | link to this | reply

Sorry about the long white space. I don't know where it came from.

posted by TAPS. on November 26, 2007 at 11:48 PM | link to this | reply

Nautikos,

Silly question in my last comment there. I really wasn't asking for info as much as just expressing some frustration. But, you know, being honest about it, I think that everyone needs a cure for unbelief and that "The Cure" is Jesus. So, I guess its only fair that they might consider me pathological something or other. LOL

posted by TAPS. on November 26, 2007 at 11:48 PM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

I am afraid that I am at an impasse with those who would consider belief in God as being among pathological traits, for I would see those men as being held prisoner by pathological science. As Langmuir said, a pathological science is an area of research that simply will not go away, "the science of things that aren't so." Why is it so important for both sides to have to prove something? Why can't a person just be?

posted by TAPS. on November 26, 2007 at 7:26 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Nautikos

Thanks,Krisles! Nice score, I just don't know who the other team is...And yes, I do know what you mean...

posted by Nautikos on November 26, 2007 at 11:12 AM | link to this | reply

OTA

Thanks! You gone into hibernation?

posted by Nautikos on November 26, 2007 at 11:09 AM | link to this | reply

EX TURPI

Thanks. Trouble is, nobody would buy it: those who have read this stuff don't need to, and those who haven't don't want to...

posted by Nautikos on November 26, 2007 at 11:08 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Good post, Naut

Thanks, Kay!

posted by Nautikos on November 26, 2007 at 11:05 AM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

And he's 0-17....dear me, I did say that right, didn't I....I'm afraid sports stuff is not one of my areas of interest, in one ear and out the other.....anyway, another great post! I hadn't really thought about the ripple effect of Christianity on the culture as a whole....feel like I need one of those slaps upside the head...DUH! Almost makes all that horrid graft down through the ages in the Church, between the royal families and in the Vatican, all that historical gossip one hears about, worth it....well, sort of....I mean, in general....all the beautiful domes, chapels, frescos.....get me off this hook...tell me you know what I mean....

posted by Krisles on November 25, 2007 at 4:52 PM | link to this | reply