Re: something from nothing
Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Tue, 30 May 1995 19:25:43 -0500Lloyd Eby writes,
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>If you want to suggest that we should reintroduce the notion of a
>nature-God union ito our thinking, I would agree. But I think the study of
>nature and its laws should still be independent of our theology because
>otherwise we are likely to subordinate our scientific investigations to
>our theological interests, to the detriment of science, as has happened in
>the past. Although it may be tempting to want to subordinate science to
>theology -- especially because the opposite has been done by the
>prevailing materialistic/naturalistic ethos, to the detriment of both
>religion and ethics -- I think is's a bad idea. The old "two truths" view
>has a lot going for it, even though most people seem now to despise it.
I wish I had said that.
Thanks, Lloyd.
Steve
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