RE: Science and the Future of Religion

2004-12-13 Thread Brent Poirier
Khazeh wrote: My dear Brother Brent, May I openly thank you for your postings You know, one of the things that happened in Baha'i history is that the Baha'is in Ishqabad, who had been attacked by Muslim mobs, spoke up at the trials of the Muslims and requested the court to reduce their

RE: Science and the Future of Religion

2004-12-13 Thread Ronald Stephens
Susan, what a beautiful concept you describe below. Your pre-modern mind was always more open to miracles than mine, would that mine were more like yours! Susan wrote: I mentioned the Asharites who shared this perception. They saw existence as made up of atoms, but these atoms were not

re: Science and the Future of Religion

2004-12-13 Thread Ronald Stephens
Brent, Thanks for your kind comments (and for listening to me so thoughtfully). I am meditating upon your thoughts as I work this week. Hopefully I will digest my frustrations and get over them. ;-))) __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as:

Science and the Future of Religion

2004-12-12 Thread Ron Stephens
Applying the principle of Occam's razor, I like to use the simplest explanation possible. If a natural explanation for something exists, that is preferable to a more unlikely explanation that involves a breaking of natural laws. I think all of religion can be explained without the breaking of

re: Science and the Future of Religion

2004-12-12 Thread Brent Poirier
I do not believe in what I call physical miracles; that is, violations of the scientific laws of the universe (such as gravity). That does not make spirituality and religion any less wonderful. Far from it. This reminds me of poets who also know the scientific basis of beautiful natural