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- From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Science and god: Are they incompatible? If so, why?
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 20:34:40 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <AA05158.199211162157@tuda.ncl.ac.uk> <1e9jrsINNolh@gap.caltech.edu>,<1992Nov17.044659.16994@muddcs.claremont.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov17.044659.16994@muddcs.claremont.edu>, dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Green) writes:
- >->Yet his article showed pretty strong signs that he wasn't even aware (as he
- >->was writing the piece) that there are other branches of Christianity.
- >
- >Those being? (If StM can demand examples, I think it's only fair that I be
- >able to as well.)
-
- To name a few:
- Roman Catholicism
- Greek Orthodox
- Russian Orthodox
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Mormons
-
- >->="The part in NS's original essay about the woman being raped was overly
- >->=strong imagery for what was otherwise intended as a scholarly toned
- >->=article.
- >->
- >->It was also either a non sequitur or a claim that religion somehow did some
- >->good for rape victims, either potential or actual. As usual, NS offered
- >->absolutely no evidence in support of this rather strong claim.
- >
- >Methinks he felt that it was obvious (and it probably was, from his stand-
- >point) that one could receive comfort from religion in this situation. IMHO,
- >you're not reading far enough between the lines.
-
- One can also receive comfort from friends and family, and from the realization
- that one can't be responsible for unforseeable events. So what extra does
- religion provide? And could it provide that extra without imposing other costs
- in the first place?
-
-
- >Ironic note: In thumbing through my dictionary, I came across the entry
- > "S.T.M." It means Master of Sacred Theology. :)
-
- Well, I'm not about to change my name!
-