Re: [asa] spong wrong

Great quote, George. And equally great response by you. Any chance you
have a citation for the quote? I may wish to use it in a future lecture.
Thanks.
RC

> Many on this list will have heard of former Episcopal bishop John Spong
> but perhaps have never read anything of his. (I say "former" because
> although he is still in traditional Anglican understanding a bishop, he
> has not only retired but has said - if I understand him correctly - that
> he will no longer function as a bishop.) I get his email newsletter,
> which occasionally has something to worthwhile to offer & more often
> doesn't, but in any case is a window on ultra-liberal religious thought.
> Spong thinks he knows something about science & I'm told at one time hoped
> to head the Episcopal science-theology effort. The following is from his
> most recent newsletter.
>
> "Since human beings are creatures of both time and space, and since we
> know from the work of Albert Einstein that time and space are relative
> categories that expand and contract in relation to each other, then we
> must conclude that any statement made by anyone, who is bound by time and
> space, will never be absolute. There are no propositional statements,
> secular or religious, that are exempt from this principle."
>
> To which one need only reply, "The speed of light in vacuum is the same in
> all inertial frames."
>
> What Spong has done is to fall for the oldest relativity fallacy there is,
> "Everything is relative."
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

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Received on Fri Jun 6 18:53:00 2008