Pim van Meurs wrote:
>
> <quote>/Both scientists and theologians wear self-imposed blinders,
> but at least scientists acknowledge their findings are provisional –
> subject to change as new information is available. This is less so for
> theologians who struggle to shove the square pegs of new discoveries
> into the round holes of ancient insights</quote>
>
It may not be excusable on the part of theologians, but it should be
understandable.
The glory of science IS its self-claimed ephemeral nature.
The glory of religion, or at least the object(s) of religion, is its
eternal & absolute nature.
So the only crime theologians might be guilty of is casting their net
much too widely and including too many details in what they consider to
be of eternal importance.
It's when scientists start launching metaphysical claims from their
naturalistic platform, and religious devotees launch scientific claims
from religous foundations that the waters get muddied -- and yet such
activity is inevitable (and probably good) because ultimately all truth
is God's truth, and perfect knowledge would probably make the artificial
(but currently useful) distinction above disappear.
--merv
Received on Sat May 20 17:28:37 2006
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