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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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