Hi On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, David L Gent wrote:
> Please reassure your student that she should not fear the > honest investigation of ideas and that it does not mean that > she will automatically have to stop being a Bible believing > Christian. This does not mean that she will necessarily find > she ends the process with the same views that she started > with, but neither does it mean, necessarily, that she will > end up with the same views that liberal and liberal humanists > present as givens - has anyone else noticed the tendency > towards liberal-humanist fundamentalism (there used to be a > couple of guys in the British media who helped define it for > me)? The idea that belief in science and reason is akin to fundamentalist religious beliefs is simply insupportable. The use of science and reason has led to an incomparable understanding of our physical (including psychology) worlds. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
