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23 Sep 2003 03:03:59 PM |
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Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe |
Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe
http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=154
by Matt Young
[Editor's note: This article is excerpted from the book No Sense of
Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe, and was
previously published in The Skeptical Inquirer, September-October,
2001, pp. 57-60. It is reproduced here with permission. Copyright ©
2001 by Matt Young. All rights reserved.]
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If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the
unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our
science can reveal it.
-- Albert Einstein
I used to have a colleague I shall call Robin. He is a bright guy and
a good scientist, and I think highly of him. He is also a member of a
small Baptist sect and a Biblical literalist. Once, Robin owed me a
favor, so I said, in essence, "Sit down. I would like to know why you
hold your religious belief without evidence or, if you have evidence,
what that evidence is."
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| User: "Melchizedek" |
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| Title: Re: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe |
23 Sep 2003 03:24:08 PM |
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0309231208.5778a3a3@posting.google.com...
Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe
http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=154
by Matt Young
[Editor's note: This article is excerpted from the book No Sense of
Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe, and was
previously published in The Skeptical Inquirer, September-October,
2001, pp. 57-60. It is reproduced here with permission. Copyright ©
2001 by Matt Young. All rights reserved.]
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If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the
unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our
science can reveal it.
-- Albert Einstein
I used to have a colleague I shall call Robin. He is a bright guy and
a good scientist, and I think highly of him. He is also a member of a
small Baptist sect and a Biblical literalist. Once, Robin owed me a
favor, so I said, in essence, "Sit down. I would like to know why you
hold your religious belief without evidence or, if you have evidence,
what that evidence is."
---- Understanding the Times:
ftp://info-01@65.127.169.45/info.html
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe |
23 Sep 2003 07:39:38 PM |
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:24:08 +0000, Melchizedek wrote:
---- Understanding the Times:
---- Plonking the Moron.
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Mark K. Bilbo
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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| Title: Chez Watt Re: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe |
23 Sep 2003 07:49:28 PM |
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Mark K. Bilbo <iskanipa-y@hoo.com> wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:24:08 +0000, Melchizedek wrote:
---- Understanding the Times:
---- Plonking the Moron.
Nominating the post.
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John Wilkins wilkins.id.au
For long you live and high you fly,
and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe |
24 Sep 2003 01:02:05 AM |
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In article <18510aff.0309231208.5778a3a3@posting.google.com>,
(maff) wrote:
Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe
http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=154
by Matt Young
[Editor's note: This article is excerpted from the book No Sense of
Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe, and was
previously published in The Skeptical Inquirer, September-October,
2001, pp. 57-60. It is reproduced here with permission. Copyright ©
2001 by Matt Young. All rights reserved.]
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If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the
unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our
science can reveal it.
-- Albert Einstein
I used to have a colleague I shall call Robin. He is a bright guy and
a good scientist, and I think highly of him. He is also a member of a
small Baptist sect and a Biblical literalist. Once, Robin owed me a
favor, so I said, in essence, "Sit down. I would like to know why you
hold your religious belief without evidence or, if you have evidence,
what that evidence is."
Seems like I missed a good book. I'll have to add it to the to buy
list, if I ever get caught up on my reading.
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
Pierre Laplace, when asked by Napoleon on why he made
no mention of a god in his book on astronomy: "Sire,
I have no need of that hypothesis."
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