What a country!
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Third of Americans Say Evidence Has Supported Darwin's Evolution Theory
Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin's theory of
evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence,
while
Mark, you wrote: I am puzzled by the highlighted phrase.
* The statement, God is love, could be rephrased, God is His Will. For us,
in accordance with divine command theory, goodness refers to the divine
Will, *wholly dependent on God, not to His Essence.* Whatever God wills is,
by definition,
Ron,
At 11:06 AM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
I think the Bahai Faith, as most Bahais seem to understand it, is a
history-centric religion, like Islam and Christianity.
I agree with that. Unfortunately, the paper was, IMO, very poorly written and
organized. The writer kept on repeating himself,
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What a country!
Hooray for unity in diversity!
Richard.
Richard,
At 01:43 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
For all of that, I am puzzled about the distinction you appear to make
between God and His Essence.
Where do you mean?
Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net
Sacred cows make the best hamburger
-- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman
Richard,
Never mind. I see what you are referring to.
At 11:48 AM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
*The statement, God is love, could be rephrased, God is His Will. For us, in
accordance with divine command theory, goodness refers to the divine Will,
*wholly dependent on God, not to His Essence.*
Where do you mean?
I am referring to the portion between the asterisks.
The statement, God is love, could be rephrased, God is His Will. For us,
in accordance with divine command theory, goodness refers to the divine
Will, *wholly dependent on God, not to His Essence.* Whatever God wills
is, by
Hi, Richard,
At 02:24 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
And this is because we can know nothing of His Essence?
Not exactly. The classical realists, following Plato, made forms a part of
God's nature. The form for a person, a cat, a dog, or a tree was a fixed
universal in the Mind of God. As a result,
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Hi, Richard,
At 02:24 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
And this is because we can know nothing of His Essence?
Not exactly.
Hi, Richard,
At 04:39 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
Or is it that His Will emanates from His Essence in your opinion?
I would say manifests in this case.
Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net
Sacred cows make the best hamburger
-- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman
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From: Mark A. Foster
Subject: Re: structurizationism
Hi, Richard,
At 04:39 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
Or is it that His Will emanates from His Essence in your opinion?
I would say manifests in this case.
In your structurizationism system do emanations manifest as
Mark, is there any validity to the statement below?
When they gleefully quote that church attendance is down in the US, they
fail to consider that home based Christian prayer groups have replaced
church going in many communities across America, and such groups now
represent a major component of
In your structurizationism system do emanations manifest as particulars?
If you mean emanations from God, I would say yes. For instance, each soul
is an emanation from God. The soul manifests itself as a body.
What human structurization could be named or labeled 'emanation'?
A third of Americans are biblical literalists who believe that the Bible is
the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.
Mark,
You are probably already aware of this, but if not: . . . our sufficiency
is of God; 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new
Hi, Richard,
At 07:30 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
When they gleefully quote that church attendance is down in the US, they
fail to consider that home based Christian prayer groups have replaced church
going in many communities across America, and such groups now represent a
major component of
Richard,
At 07:38 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
What human structurization could be named or labeled 'emanation'?
IMO, emanation is a divine structurization for the particulars, the created
beings, which God emanates.
Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net
Sacred cows make the best hamburger
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National Geographic Magazine has a good issue on Darwin this
monthruthie
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Patti,
At 08:32 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
There is good evidence that people have been getting Paul wrong (taking him
and the Gospels literally) since the early days of the Christian Church:
IMO, the problem with much of Christendom is not taking Paul literally. It is
taking most of what Paul
Patti,
At 08:56 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
We can only hope; however, I think the success could be in danger if some
people have their way:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/12/ga.evolution.ap/index.html
Well, if the Supreme Court gets stacked with Constitutional constructionists,
who are, in
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