01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
We Need a Shared Naturalist Religion
We have desperately to find our way back to human values. I would even say to religion. There is nothing supernatural, in my mind. Nature is my religion, and it's enough for me… What I mean is: We need some widely shared view of the place of Man in the Universe.Nobel Prize winner argues that we need a shared, naturalistic view of our place in the Universe.
21 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Creationism Resistance to Evolution
Why does the public care so passionately about a theory of biology? Because people sense intuitively that there’s much more at stake than a scientific theory. They know that when naturalistic evolution is taught in the science classroom, then a naturalistic view of ethics will be taught down the hallway in the history classroom, the sociology classroom, the family life classroom, and in all areas of the curriculum.Folksonomies: creationism
Folksonomies: creationism
Because they feel more is at stake than a scientific theory.
21 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Evolution Threatens Creationists Sense of Values
At this point I could simply say, “I’ve given the evidence, and it shows that evolution is true. Q.E.D.” But I’d be remiss if I did that, because, like the businessman I encountered after my lecture, many people require more than just evidence before they’ll accept evolution. To these folks, evolution raises such profound questions of purpose, morality, and meaning that they just can’t accept it no matter how much evidence they see. It’s not that we evolved from apes that bother...Resistance to evolution is less about the theory and more about its moral implications.