Mike, At 07:36 PM 5/16/2005, you wrote: 1) It is important to understand, as you have stated, that teleological statements about evolution fall outside the domain of science; that is, they are not scientific, but rather statements about science.<<
Or theological statements which deal with issues unavailable to the scientific method. >>As such, they belong to the fields of theology and/or philosophy. To say that >>a statement is outside the domain of science (metascientific) is different >>from saying that it is unscientific ....<< Yep. >>2) My understanding of Abdu'l-Baha's statements about evolution are that the >>human soul has always existed since the moment of creation (if there is >>one).<< IMO, `Abdu'l-Baha is saying that there was always a being with a soul (somewhere). >>You are a nominalist, and I am an idealist, so we would probably understand >>this statement differently; however, I think the nominalist/idealist horse >>has been beaten enough, so I'll quit now.<< lol. A Platonic idealist? Some people have been both nominalists and idealists, such as George Berkeley. Regards, Mark A. Foster • Portal: http://markfoster.net "No, no ... how tempted soever. To nominalism be faithful forever!" -- Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
