Periodicals>Newsletter Article:  Peratt, Anthony L. (1988), Dean of the Plasma Dissidents, Washington Times, supplement: The World and I (May 1988),196., Retrieved on 2011-09-01
Folksonomies: astronomy

Memes

01 SEP 2011

 Do Not Attempt to Reconcile Science and Religion

Since religion intrinsically rejects empirical methods, there should never be any attempt to reconcile scientific theories with religion. [An infinitely old universe, always evolving may not be compatible with the Book of Genesis. However, religions such as Buddhism get along without having any explicit creation mythology and are in no way contradicted by a universe without a beginning or end.] Creatio ex nihilo, even as religious doctrine, only dates to around AD 200. The key is not to confu...
Folksonomies: religion spirituality
Folksonomies: religion spirituality
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Quote by Hannes Alfvén on religion's rejection of empirical methods.

01 SEP 2011

 "Natural Philosophy" Renamed "Science"

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
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Hannes Alfvén pointing out the increasing specialization of science during the century to explain the resistance to his ideas

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