Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science, Gilbert's response.

2009-04-30 Thread Nascy Caldeira
Thank You very much, Gilbert! This is brilliant!  I hope this will finally put a stop to all this idle and adversarial talk.' Much ado about nothing', I must say. I earnestly hope that the great? Santosh is the wiser and learns, how not to indulge in dirty ugly debating on goanet, and then

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-30 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Nascy Caldeira nascy...@yahoo.com.au Thank You very much, Gilbert! This is brilliant! I hope this will finally put a stop to all this idle and adversarial talk.' Much ado about nothing', I must say. I earnestly hope that the great? Santosh is the wiser and learns, how not to indulge

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-30 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:22:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Fr. Ivo appears to be not the least bit familiar with peer-reviewed medical scientific literature, and as a professional priest and theologian, clearly and understandably, does not have the background and

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science, Gilbert's response.

2009-04-30 Thread Santosh Helekar
Nascy Caldeira wrote: I rest my case! Nascy has tried to rest his case many times on Goanet. But he has not been successful. His case is a very serious one. It cannot be easily rested. Perhaps, an Indian vegetarian diet might help. Gilbert's chicken soup will only make it a more restless

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-29 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net My personal belief is based on faith and some circumstantial evidence. All religions are based almost entirely on faith. Jane Gillian wrote: What is the purpose of any debate on the existence of God? Mario responds: This question should be addressed

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-29 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:05:58 +0530 From: Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in I cannot study Theology without studying Science at all. Mario observes: Padre Ivo, With all due respect, if you are continuing to insist that the existence of God can

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-29 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 4/26/09, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: He gave me additional reason to believe in my beliefs until he places #3 wherein he then goes on to say that we (should) we not take our beliefs too seriously. Hummh! Taking beliefs too

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-29 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com Dear Fr. Ivo, I had asked Santoshbab for evidence that 'Prayer does not work'. He referred me to two papers which I have not yet reviewed. When I review them, I will put them through the following series of evaluatory questions... Now ... you say you have

[Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-29 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Fr. Ivo and Mistry, Religion is one of the frequent threads on Goanet.  Some of the most active discussants have recently shared with us their knowledge-base about the subject. Since you are active on this subject, you may be forced to respond to any serious or flip remark about religion.. 

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net As a practicing Catholic and a believer in objective science, it continues to boggle the mind when otherwise serious individuals confuse science and faith, which is the basis of religion. From: Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in But what is faith for

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com I congratulate Mario on a lucid exposition of his faith-based beliefs, as well as a clear understanding of an absolute separation between science and religion, and of the scope and limits of both. I would recommend this type of clarity of thought to

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net From: Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in I cannot study Theology without studying Science at all. Padre Ivo, With all due respect, if you are continuing to insist that the existence of God can be proven by science, after once agreeing that

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Mistri Ganguli misg...@googlemail.com Similarly, Humans being animals (or is this speculation and conjecture as well) know that there are entities beyond our being (our existence is not the end of the chain of existence). Some call this superior existence - God, others just believe that

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com Santosh Helekar wrote: [1] I believe in the goodness of all normal human beings, irrespective of creed. [2] I believe that that remark was just a thoughtless gaffe, the kind of which none of us are immune from. [3] But I think it is important that we

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread J. Colaco jc
Dear Fr. Ivo, I had asked Santoshbab for evidence that 'Prayer does not work'. He referred me to two papers which I have not yet reviewed. When I review them, I will put them through the following series of evaluatory questions a: How was the study sample collected? b: Was it random or

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:53:57 +0530 From: Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in Virginal conception of Jesus has a historical basis (cf.Mt 1:18-23). The Holy Trinity is based on the revelation of Jesus: God is his Father, Jesus is the Son, and after his death and Resurrection, Jesus sent the

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-28 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 4/28/09, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: I had asked Santoshbab for evidence that 'Prayer does not work'. He referred me to two papers which I have not yet reviewed. The papers to which I referred were reviews and meta-analyses of all intercessory prayer studies done

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: Can Santosh, support his statement (below) about my claim that their religion is scientific.? Please just post my quote and the context the statement was made. Here is the

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-28 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Can Santosh, support his statement (below) about my claim that their religion is scientific.? Please just post my quote and the context the statement was made. Please do not give me your interpretation of my writings about my religion. I am really

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-27 Thread Mario Goveia
From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Subject: [Goanet] Religion and Science I am really getting tired of reading posts where alleged intelligent authors put words in other peoples' writing - and the demagogue it ad infinity.?? Mario responds: As the only voice on Goanet of reason

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-26 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Can Santosh, support his statement (below) about my claim that their religion is scientific.? Please just post my quote and the context the statement was made. Please do not give me your interpretation of my writings about my religion. I am really getting tired of reading posts where alleged

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 4/26/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: Can Santosh, support his statement (below) about my claim that their religion is scientific.? Please just post my quote and the context the statement was made. Here is the quote and a link to the context: So IMO both

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-26 Thread George Pinto
Gilbert should not get tired if gets his facts wrong. Cornel does not post on Goanet because he had a disagreement with Goanet moderators over some of his posts. Not because he did not have evidence of the caste issue. George --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote:

[Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-23 Thread Mistri Ganguli
Dear All, I am sure that Mario Goveia does not know what he is talking about. I say to all Goanet readers who do believe in God or super power that. He (Mario) has nothing better to do all day. God means different things to different people - so, just shut up Mario! Science vs Humans is based on

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:05:58 +0530 From: Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in I cannot study Theology without studying Science at all. Mario observes: Padre Ivo, With all due respect, if you are continuing to insist that the existence of God can be proven by science, after once agreeing

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-23 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:43:46 -0400 From: jane gillian rodrigues janerodrig...@rediffmail.com PRAYER REQUEST FOR JOSE ROD Dear Friends, We are saddened by the fatal news that Joseph Rodrigues popularly known as Jose Rod, a multi-talented individual hailed as the Super Star of the Konkani

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-22 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com Hi Gilbert, Finally, here is my direct answer to the extraneous question you have asked. I hope you will have the courtesy to answer the questions i have asked in my previous posts. Please tell us the names of five theological books you have

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science (part 2)

2009-04-22 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com On Mon, 4/20/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: I appreciate Santosh telling us he has not read any book on theology. Now we will have to check about other topics he writes on. Gilbert, I said I did not STUDY (not just read) any book

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: ***Dr.Santosh is asking me to read books on Science when discussing about the relationship between Science and Theology. I am asking Fr. Ivo to do nothing of this sort. He is free to read whatever he wants. I am merely

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-22 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario observes: As a practicing Catholic and a believer in objective science, it continues to boggle the mind when otherwise serious individuals confuse science and faith, which is the basis of religion. Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:59:43 +0530 From: Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in But

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
I congratulate Mario on a lucid exposition of his faith-based beliefs, as well as a clear understanding of an absolute separation between science and religion, and of the scope and limits of both. I would recommend this type of clarity of thought to everybody. Cheers, Santosh --- On Wed,

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science (part 2)

2009-04-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 4/20/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: I appreciate Santosh telling us he has not read any book on theology. Now we will have to check about other topics he writes on. Gilbert, I said I did not STUDY (not just read) any book on theology, which is what you asked

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-21 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:06:59 -0400 From: RGrootendorst rgrootendo...@btclick.com Why is there such a shortage of empathy towards our fellow man? I feel shame for the torture, kidnap and rendition of suspect detainees, whereas others feel such inhuman means justify the end. Is Obama

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-21 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
From: Mario Goveia Subject: [Goanet] Religion and Science From: jane gillian rodrigues Yes, when all else fails, we pray to God for a miracle cure, and God always hears our prayers and cures us. Mario asks: HE does? Are you suggesting that those who die every day do not pray for a miracle

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-21 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net --- On Sun, 4/19/09, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote: Science is no match for religioud (sic) belief. Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:23:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com But good faith is not good science. That is all I am saying. I

[Goanet] Religion and science

2009-04-20 Thread Albert Desouza
Albert writes:- God has given us plants .Some of them have medicinal values. We have a habbit of running to an allopath without realising how harmful these medicines are. For cold:- the allopath will give you antibiotics. but I would suggest ginger smashed on a stone in glass of water to which

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-20 Thread Mario Goveia
--- On Sun, 4/19/09, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote: Science is no match for religioud (sic) belief. Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:23:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com But good faith is not good science. That is all I am saying. I am forced to say it because of the false

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
Hi Gilbert, I noticed that you avoided answering my questions, asking me an unrelated question, instead, to obfuscate matters. Moreover, you are asking me to buy your own personal revisionist definition of scientific inquiry, which has no connection with the real scientific world, and

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-20 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com -- On Fri, 4/17/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: Since you-both have asked for my clarification, I am stepping into this cross-current. Dear Gilbert, I had asked you to tell me why you think that even the religion that Fr. Ivo was

[Goanet] Religion and science

2009-04-20 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:23:28 + From: Albert Desouza alizadeso...@hotmail.com God has given us plants. Some of them have medicinal values. We have a habbit of running to an allopath without realising how harmful these medicines are. Memo to Santosh and Gilbert: See how much time you

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-20 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: As a physician, I shall do whatever I can in my system (allopathic or homoepathic) and specialization. The patient will come to me if s/he knows my value in my system and specialization.

[Goanet] Religion and Science (part 2)

2009-04-20 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Is this what passes off as intelligent conversation among scientists?  Or is this a bitter brew of mis-guided outrage? Well ... I guess some scientist have a problem dealing with the facts. I would understand getting some flak from clinicians, for not being detailed in my explanations.  However

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
I point out some more puzzling and pseudoscientific statements in Fr. Ivo's latest post. --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: I am quite acquainted with conventional medicine and homeopathy, therefore I am speaking from the viewpoint of both. As a matter of fact,

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-20 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 4/19/09, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote: Science is no match for religioud belief. Dear Maurice, You are right only about the fact that science is no match for religious belief, and that Fr. Ivo writes in good faith. I suspect, so do

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com wrote: Since you-both have asked for my clarification, I am stepping into this cross-current. Dear Gilbert, I had asked you to tell me why you think that even the religion that Fr. Ivo was preaching in these kinds of threads was

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-19 Thread jane gillian rodrigues
, with different states, different religions, different languages etc. are still One India? = From: J. Colaco jc Subject: Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science 2009/4/16 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza From: Santosh Helekar To find out why the wild claims

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science (part 2)

2009-04-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
I cannot believe what Gilbert has written in the post appended below. He has not only misled Goanetters on the subject of placebos, and how and why they are used in drawing inferences about the effectiveness of treatments, but he has made questionable statements on the treatment of pneumonia -

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-19 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Dear Santosh, Thank you for your polite response and not knit-picking my post. Let me answer your questions: SH:  Are you claiming that Christian priests and ministers, Muslim mullahs and imams, and Hindu bhots and swamis study science and scientific method as part of their theological

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-19 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: 19 Apr 2009 08:16:18 - From: jane gillian rodrigues janerodrig...@rediffmail.com Yes, when all else fails, we pray to God for a miracle cure, and God always hears our prayers and cures us. Mario asks: HE does? Are you suggesting that those who die every day do not pray for a

[Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-19 Thread MD
Dear Santosh, Science is no match for religioud belief. We go to temples, churches and pray to a particular deity or saint, with a mind set. Human mind is very complex and if one truly believes the favour will be granted or certain ailment will be healed, it is possible it might. As an

Re: [Goanet] RELIGION AND SCIENCE

2009-04-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 4/19/09, MD mmdme...@gmail.com wrote: Science is no match for religioud belief. Dear Maurice, You are right only about the fact that science is no match for religious belief, and that Fr. Ivo writes in good faith. I suspect, so do you and Gilbert. But good faith is not good

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-19 Thread RGrootendorst
Deo Gratias for JGR and her emotionally intelligent response on Religion Science. Over the past couple of decades we know so much more than before, but people become evermore polarised, overly-aggressive and paranoid, or am I talking about the warring governments/nations of the world? Is there

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-18 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Dear Santosh and Fr. Ivo,   For starters, I have to honestly let you both know that, I have not been following your discourses.  The few posts of yours that I browsed, I skipped after reading the first few lines.  While you-both are intelligent, I think your conversations pass each-other like

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-18 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: As a physician, I shall do whatever I can in my system (allopathic or homoepathic) and specialization. The patient will come to me if s/he knows my value in my system and specialization. The above statement is puzzling, and I am

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science (part 2)

2009-04-18 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Religion and Science:  Homeopathy / Allopathy / Science To some the following may be simplistic; while to others it may be 'too medical'. Either way my apologies.  Sure some will knit-pick every word and sentence, thus overlooking the gist of the message.  We Goans are sometimes good at

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-17 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com It is clear that homeopathy and other alternative medical practices are faith-based belief systems. There are uncanny similarities and analogies between these medical belief systems, and new and old religious belief systems. They are: 1. Both have a

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
To find out why the wild claims regarding homeopathy made by Fr. Ivo in the posts appended below are patently bogus, please read this article provided by a prominent British organization of scientists, promoting sense and science among lay people:

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-17 Thread J. Colaco jc
2009/4/16 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in [1] I would say that those who benefit, let them take the maximum from any medical system. Even in the hospitals people take their own choices and sometimes may be healed... After all, one should do what is possible, within rational limits, and leave

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-17 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com To find out why the wild claims regarding homeopathy made by Fr. Ivo in the posts appended below are patently bogus, please read this article provided by a prominent British organization of scientists, promoting sense and science among lay people:

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-17 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:04:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Fr. Ivo, Thanks for endorsing my statement. What is it they say about great minds think alike? Mario observes: Gilbert is absolutely correct. He and Fr. Ivo think exactly alike, as we can see from

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-17 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com 2009/4/16 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in After all, one should do what is possible, within rational limits, and leave the rest in the hands of the Almighty God. Dear Fr Ivo, I believe we are talking from two different angles. You (possibly) from the

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 4/15/09, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: However, would you not agree that, the evidence must be rested and evaluated by scientific methods and not on the basis of mere anecdotal evidence. The problem is Fr. Ivo's idea of the scientific method is not the same as that

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:05:01 -0400 From: MD mmdme...@gmail.com Who I wonder authorised 'jurisdiction to this individual to call names on Spain? Very funny. Mario responds: I'm glad you find your lack of knowledge funny. As the only voice of reason, truth and peace on Goanet, my

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Wed, 4/15/09, J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com wrote: However, would you not agree that, the evidence must be rested and evaluated by scientific methods and not on the basis of mere anecdotal evidence. The problem is Fr. Ivo's idea of the

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com 2009/4/15 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: Homeopathy, it is not enough to quote articles by people who do not know it at all. Let people who have been practising and experiencing it speak of their evidence. Dear Fr Ivo, I agree with you that

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread J. Colaco jc
2009/4/16 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in [1] I endorse totally your statement that any medical system has to be evaluated by scientific methods. If it is accepted as a medical system, it is because it is yielding good results. WHO has approved it. Dear Fr Ivo .Thank you for your

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread Santosh Helekar
It is clear that homeopathy and other alternative medical practices are faith-based belief systems. There are uncanny similarities and analogies between these medical belief systems, and new and old religious belief systems. They are: 1. Both have a large faith-based following. 2. Both make

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-16 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: J. Colaco jc cola...@gmail.com 2009/4/16 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in [1] I endorse totally your statement that any medical system has to be evaluated by scientific methods. If it is accepted as a medical system, it is because it is yielding good results. WHO has approved it.

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Sun, 4/12/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: I do not know what is pseudo-religion and pseudo-science. It is very easy to recognize pseudoscience. Briefly, it refers to any unscientific claim that is falsely advertised as being

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com There was no thread called Religion and Science until Gilbert started it with the above post. I assume by pseudo-religion and pseudo-science he is referring to the threads initiated by Fr. Ivo. I would agree with Gilbert that Fr. Ivo was propagating

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:37:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com As the voice of reason, truth and peace, you may be needed in Madrid. Please see below. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-13/the-bush-six-to-be-indicted/ Mario responds: Sadly, as

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 4/15/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: I have no my own pre-conceived religious beliefs Interesting statement! I wonder how much credulity one would have to be endowed with in order to believe that a religious man like Fr. Ivo does not have his own

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com --- On Wed, 4/15/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: I have no my own pre-conceived religious beliefs Interesting statement! I wonder how much credulity one would have to be endowed with in order to believe that a religious man

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread J. Colaco jc
2009/4/15 Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: Homeopathy, it is not enough to quote articles by people who do not know it at all. Let people who have been practising and experiencing it speak of their evidence. Dear Fr Ivo, I agree with you that those 'who practice and experience

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Fr. Ivo, Thanks for endorsing my statement. What is it they say about great minds think alike? I concur that Goans should not / cannot be misled by the few pontificators. But at some point, they should at best, be ignored.  After all, why waste time responding to the 'sodanchem kani' (pardon

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-15 Thread MD
One Mr. Mario responds: as the only real voice on Goanet for reason, truth and peace, I am forced to put some context and perspective on the overheated claims on a far left wing blog He further claims Madrid has no jurisdiction over Americans' Sadly in the same breath, this Mario the peace

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-13 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com Every topic has its time, place and space. By and large, those in the know, are also familiar with, in what forum and where these parameters lie. Cross those boundaries and likely one is in 'outer-space'. Here, at best one is having a dialog with

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-13 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 4/12/09, Fr. Ivo C. de Souza icso...@bsnl.in wrote: I do not know what is pseudo-religion and pseudo-science. It is very easy to recognize pseudoscience. Briefly, it refers to any unscientific claim that is falsely advertised as being scientific by its proponents or promoters.

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-13 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:08:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence gilbert2...@yahoo.com The technique of demagoguery (commonly used on Goanet) usually is: Create a straw man with a few false statements / assumptions. Then tear it down, while sounding intellectual and articulate.?? Mario

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-13 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
As the voice of reason, truth and peace, you may be needed in Madrid. Please see below. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-13/the-bush-six-to-be-indicted/ Regards, GL  - Mario observes: Since Gilbert frequently seems oblivious to what he writes, it becomes

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-12 Thread Fr. Ivo C. de Souza
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-12 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Every topic has its time, place and space.  By and large, those in the know, are also familiar with, in what forum and where these parameters lie. Cross those boundaries and likely one is in 'outer-space'. Here, at best one is having a dialog with oneself - soliloquy. At worst, (when one is

[Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-11 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical

Re: [Goanet] Religion and Science

2009-04-11 Thread Santosh Helekar
Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical

[Goanet] Religion and science

2008-02-10 Thread Albert Desouza
God created the earth, and everything that it contained. Gradually as man saw various objects like the sun, stars, rain etc he began to think about the same and found these objects as some thing above the power of man and so he called it god. so we had the sun god. Even today many people

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-09 Thread Santosh Helekar
Fr. Ivo's latest installment, appended below, once again clearly shows that not being a scientist, he consistently misunderstands what scientists like the noted evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala and myself write about science. I must tell you that the direct response of Francisco Ayala to

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-08 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Since Fr.Ivo is not a scientist, he is not able to recognize what is nonsense in science. He is not able to understand that there is no such thing as absolutizing science, because science does not claim to know the absolute truth. *Being a scientist,

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs Science

2008-02-08 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
Dear Dr.Gilbert, Thanks for your appreciation and support. On a personal level, I see many situations where science will find it difficult to explain. Not infrequently, I will see a patient I have treated with advanced cancer, who with overwhelming statistics is supposed to live for about

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs Science

2008-02-07 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Santosh and Fr. Ivo, Goanet has some well-recognized experts, even if some Goans do not recognize them and others are indifferent to them. We should use these experts to help the rest of us expand our knowledge. We should be the inquiring minds that want to know. Hence non-experts

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-07 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
Dear Dr.Jose Colaço, I do respect your opinion. I do not agree that Religion is a private matter. I agree with you that we should also discuss some of the ills, but submit that also there are so different views on those topics, and they are to be related with Religion and Science. You wrote: I

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs Science

2008-02-07 Thread Santosh Helekar
Hi Gilbert, I think you are right about some of the things you say in the post appended below. But since you are not a cosmologist, astrophysicist or a theoretical physicist you are most likely not very accurate in what you say about the predictions of Einstein's theory and the value of

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
Not being a scientist, Fr. Ivo is mistaken in his views about me as a scientist and about science. Since he is not a scientist he is not able to recognize what is nonsense in science. He is not able to understand that there is no such thing as absolutizing science, because science does not claim

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-05 Thread Fr. Ivo da C. Souza
Dear Dr.Gilbert Lawrence, My aim in writing in this Forum was to tell not to meddle in the field of Bible and Theology and attack Christian Faith in the name of Science. You wrote: Thus the practicing doctors need the theoreticians; and the theoreticians need the clinicians. So too is the

Re: [Goanet] Religion vs science

2008-02-05 Thread Santosh Helekar
I think Gilbert is right. The scientific views of a religious man who does not know much about science are worth very little. The same is true for the religious views of a scientist who does not know much about religion. But in a secular forum religion and science have equal value. Both are