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	I agree with you. i think it is important to find the commonalities and links between the 2 disciplines and see how they can synchronise better. i am a business professor at the university level but i believe that presenting the correct messages of harmoney between rellgion and science can help to broaden their horizons as they mature. Edith Piaf


> De: Beryl Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]>
> A: [log in to unmask]
> Objet: Re: religion AND science (as opposed to versus)
> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:51:35 -0500

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> Edith,
> Yes, there are, as someone who has taught 
> anthropology all over the country at the 
> university level, I can assure you, there are, 
> and I have been informed numerous times that cro 
> magnon and other fossil relmains were placed here 
> to deceive us.  They are entitled to their 
> opinion, and again, as an anthropologist, I 
> recognize that all cultures have to have some way 
> of explaining the world that is consistent with 
> the rest of their culture.  Frankly, I revel in 
> that diversity.  But I think what we are really 
> arguing here is not whether science is "better" 
> or "smarter" than religion, or what the 
> relationship between science and religion is or 
> should be, it's about whether or not they have a 
> right to force a science museum to abide by those 
> beliefs.
> Beryl
> 
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> >  are there truly people who think the earth 
> >started 6000 years ago or just people who 
> >believe that is when the first people like us 
> >(after the cave men and cromagnon man) known as 
> >adam and eve if one believes were put on earth 
> >or evolved? edith piaf
> >
> >
> >
> >>  De: Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>
> >>  A: [log in to unmask]
> >>  Objet: Re: religion AND science (as opposed to versus)
> >>  Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:34:29 -0500
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> >>  While the Hall of Science contingent is chiming in...I think Bill's
> >>  post overstated the case here.   Most of the posts on this and related
> >>  threads have expressed an openness to religious experience.  The
> >>  problem is when the religious explanation and the scientific
> >>  explanation are brought to bear on the same phenomenon.  Bill, how do
> >>  we deal with the very significant number of people who think that the
> >>  earth was created 6000 years ago?  Is it responsible for us to say
> >>  "well, that is one perspective and you are entitled to it?"  That is
> >>  what we are struggling with here.
> >>
> >>  While this particular divergence between religious and scientific
> >>  worldviews is focused upon evolution, there is a challenge to the
> >>  scientific worldview on many topics, from genetics to climate change to
> >>  extraterrestrial life.  Many of us have programs on these and related
> >>  topics, and we feel the same responsibility to present the scientific
> >>  perspective on all of these topics.  While people are absolutely
> >>  entitled to believe that aliens have landed on earth, it remains our
> >>  responsibility to present what science knows about life beyond earth. 
> >>  Why would we change our approach with evolution?
> >>
> >>  Eric Siegel
> >>  Executive VP
> >>      Programs and Planning
> >>  NY Hall of Science
> >>  47-01 111th Street
> >>  Queens, NY 11368
> >>  www.nyscience.org
> >>  On Mar 24, 2005, at 5:10 PM, Rita Mukherjee Hoffstadt wrote:
> >>
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