Perhaps the moderator ought to say what he thinks is
appropriate in this
regard. I was not expressing any criticism of Sondra's questions, though I
think that in some cases she has misread what people were trying to say, & only
further discussion can clarify that. My reason for suggesting that these
matters be dealt with off-list is simply that otherwise we could easily be
swamped by with lots of people explaining, defending, debating &c their
theological positions on matters that, in some cases, don't have a lot to do
with the relationships of science and theology. We get enough posts on topics
like original sin without having separate threads on George Murphy's, Jim
Eisele's, &c &c views on original sin.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Dialogue"
Jim Eisele wrote:
> George writes
>
> >If you want to know "how do you guys do it?" I think you're
> >going to have
> >to ask each guy or gal individually. The ideas that you seem to have
> problems
> >with come from a number of different people on the list, who are by
> >no means all
> >in agreement with one another on everything. Speaking only for
> >myself, I'm quite
> >willing to explain & discuss my own views but I think it would be better to
> let
> >others do the same for their beliefs. This would probably be best
> >done off list.
>
> I do respect your individual spirituality, George. I question your
> judgment in this matter, however.
>
> I would like to add my two cents.
>
> Personally, I thought Sondra was asking brave questions. Few and far
> between lately! Personally, I think that she deserves a lot better than
> "take that off list."
>
> I'm sure that you believe in absolute truth.
>
> How are we going to "get there" if the "good questions" get relegated to
> off-list discussion?
>
> Actually, I thought Sondra's questions were so impressive that I hardly
> dare offer a response!
>
> Although I did think that Dick took a pretty good stab at it.
>
> Thanks, Sondra :-)
>
> Jim
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