Re: religion and science part II

1999-06-14 Thread Milton Steinberg
I have included below Linda Woolf's critique of Jim Clark's criticisms of religion. I find that most of her critique is accurate. Science, as a dogma and human practice, has its share of atrocities, which rival those of religion as a dogma and human practice. Both science and religion have

Re: religion and science part II

1999-06-14 Thread Chuck Huff
Milton Steinberg writes: I have included below Linda Woolf's critique of Jim Clark's criticisms of religion. I find that most of her critique is accurate. ... However, the God of the major religions that most affect my culture is supposed to be without flaw. The errors of science are expected as

Re: religion and science part II

1999-06-14 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Now for the part where Linda and I are not (yet?) in agreement. On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Linda M. Woolf wrote: Jim Clark wrote: First, the basis as I mentioned is a commitment to truth and reason, rather than to a belief in things because our ancestors say so, because some holy book says

religion and science part II

1999-06-13 Thread Linda M. Woolf
Hi Tipsters, Jim Clark wrote: First, the basis as I mentioned is a commitment to truth and reason, rather than to a belief in things because our ancestors say so, because some holy book says so, because they make us feel good, because they allow us to justify our less positive actions, and