RE: [asa] WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

There are people who don't let the facts bother their faith. Full speed
ahead- damn the torpedos. Sometimes it really "hurts" to change your
mind... so many things go with it... loss of ego, having to modify
existing personal theology, etc. But once I learned to embrace change
and become a "seeker" rather than a "knower," it is much easier to
follow the truth wherever it leads.

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of David Opderbeck
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:50 PM
To: Alexanian, Moorad
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Subject: Re: [asa] WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

When "thinking," "faith," "facts," and "evidence" are divided into neat
heremetically sealed compartments, that's nonsense!

On Jan 1, 2008 10:31 PM, Alexanian, Moorad <alexanian@uncw.edu> wrote:

http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html
<http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html>

The Edge Annual Question - 2008

When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy.

When God changes your mind, that's faith.

When facts change your mind, that's science.

WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?

Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How
have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?"

"Fantastically stimulating...It's like the crack cocaine of the thinking
world.... Once you start, you can't stop thinking about that question."
- BBC Radio 4 (2005)

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