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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (25778)	9/3/2001 12:52:15 PM
From: gao seng	Respond to of 82486

Poor Versluys got his feelings hurt. So he decides to make a fool of himself. I particular laughed out loud at his unwise remark about how theists can not be good scientists! Religious faith can be seen as the exact opposite of the inner qualities that are found at the basis of the scientific impulse. A regular man can have a good scientific mind, but to the extent that he is a good scientist he makes a poor man of faith, as it is his very vocation not to take important matters on faith. When faith comes into play in science, it is a faith in morality as a guiding compass to what is right and what is wrong. More Dr. Mengele's is not what this world needs.

To: Lane3 who wrote (25778)	9/3/2001 1:04:41 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 82486

"Immanuel Kant, the greatest philosopher of modern times, (says who?) was a prime example of this point. Born Lutheran and a believer in the Deity throughout his very dutiful (yuck) life, Kant built a system of philosophy that the world has either accepted or had to build itself in repudiation to ever since. (sadly true) In doing so, Kant kept his faith in a God, but at the cost of gutting all the central tenets of orthodox theism, elevating a strictly dutiful reasoning above the God of the Lutherans and attaining an almost deistic view of God. Duty to God was central, but the God was castrated (why not spayed?) and made a creature subjected to the faithful's constant questions and caveats, meaning a God that was not taken on faith but one who was viewed the the full suspicion of the scientist. Kant's view on God was interesting and wise in direct proportion to the amount he rejected the central tenets of the faith. In doing so, he could hardly be called a Lutheran any more. Simply amazing in this day and modern age that anyone could possibly look back to Kant and think he has anything to offer the 21st century. Thanks for posting it. I have highlighted all the words that offended me. Kant appears to be simply a response to Luther. Brilliant, thanks for posting it. You might enjoy this. Charleymane knows the source of the article much better than I. sspx.ca