Re: Gen. 1:1 as "real history" or "real philosophy?"

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From: "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>
To: "ed babinski" <ed.babinski@furman.edu>; "Glenn Morton"
<glennmorton@entouch.net>
Cc: "Charles Carrigan" <CCarriga@olivet.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>;
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 8:47 AM
Subject: RE: Gen. 1:1 as "real history" or "real philosophy?"

> "The universe arose from a quantum fluctuation of the vacuum." What is
> the nature of this statement? Is it history, science, philosophy, or
> what?

If intended as a penultimate claim it is science, albeit somewhat
speculative science. If intended as an ultimate claim it is religion
(virtually by definition).

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Tue Nov 2 17:36:24 2004