Re: [asa] Letter to thinking Christians (and other theists)

Within Denyse O'Leary's screed,

> What you need to ask is a much simpler
> and entirely determinable question: Is this stuff compatible with your
> spiritual tradition? If not, recognize the situation for what it is:
> undermining from within

Hmmm, "spiritual tradition".... as in what, which
whose, where?

I don't think Calvin dwells much on what a soul is
does he? He usually seemed to have the good sense
to stay out of meddling in matters well outside his
understanding of law, scripture and theology. It seems
to me, we might do well to follow such examples.

At any rate, the one lesson we should understand by now is that
we don't know what the soul is and therefore, we are currently at
a loss on how to mesh it together with our scientific investigation
of the mind. Better that we learn to accept that we don't know how
to put it together, than to shout vociferously empty claims of such
knowledge and take the high and foolhardy road to thorough
destruction.

by Grace we proceed,
Wayne

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Received on Sun Apr 15 20:40:57 2007