[asa] RE: [asa] “A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists”: Fri. Feb. 27, 3:30

This is interesting from a clinical perspective. If you look at the literature on spirituality and faith, and how it relates to health and wellness, the vast majority of the publications show a positive correlation. It is therefore difficult to understand from an evidenced-based perspective how "religion" is bad for you, or for society. The data say otherwise.

Regards,
JP

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Loren Haarsma
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:03 PM
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Subject: [asa] “A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists”: Fri. Feb. 27, 3:30

For the Grand Rapids, MI, area:
The next Christian Perspectives in Science seminar at Calvin College is

    Friday, Feb. 27, 3:30 PM in Science Building basement room 010.

Speaker: David G. Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College

Title: A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists:
           Musings on Why God is Good and Faith Isn't Evil

Abstract:
  Recent “new atheist” best-sellers share a common assertion: that
religion -- all religions -- are “dangerous” (as well as false). With his
new book, which this talk will summarize, Dr. Myers aims to bridge the
skeptical/believer dichotomy and to suggest how faith can be reasonable,
science-affirming, healthy, hopeful, and humane.
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http://www.calvin.edu/~lhaarsma/ChrPerspSciSeminarPage.html

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Received on Sat Feb 21 08:23:34 2009