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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (163531)7/23/2001 1:16:21 PM
From: ThirdEye  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 769667
 
Thomas, I have to agree with your general comment. There is a healthy dose of faith involved in every religion, but there is also an empirical science at work as much today as ever, the "science of everyday life."(Didn't someone write a book with that title?)

Religion in its purest form permeates and influences all acts, personal and interpersonal. While certain functions of science are distinctly and purposefully separate from religious practice, the presumption of a complete division is false.(The Heisenberg Principle?) Then, of course, there is prayer. Since we don't fully know the effect of prayer, we can never know how much disease has been cured or prevented by prayer.

But don't get me wrong. I'm no Christian Scientist.



To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (163531)7/23/2001 1:54:38 PM
From: ColtonGang  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
There were only a few diseases 3000 years ago......compared with today..back then, religion was sought as a means to explain existence, treat disease, and to comfort them. today, science is the reason the average lifespan has increased from 30 years to over 80.