tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post1191806680654861555..comments2023-10-20T09:37:46.092-04:00Comments on The Philosophical Midwife: Christianity and the Rise of ScienceDr. Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209597695197799059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-14075139357202267802007-07-17T01:18:00.000-04:002007-07-17T01:18:00.000-04:00Oops. I meant FranklinOops. I meant <I>Franklin</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-21675162450186733002007-07-17T01:17:00.000-04:002007-07-17T01:17:00.000-04:00Great post, Frankin.Great post, Frankin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-55101460086065079522007-07-16T16:22:00.000-04:002007-07-16T16:22:00.000-04:00You're mostly right I both counts, I think. Modern...You're mostly right I both counts, I think. Modern day pantheists don't often raise any objections to scientific practice. But perhaps they should, and as a matter of fact some do. They object to science's treatment of the world as if it were a mere object, a great machine to be studied and controlled. (The defenders of the Gaia hypothesis come to mind.) They demand that we begin to treat it with the reverence it demands. It might well be that, if we were to do this, science would be pulled up short.Dr. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209597695197799059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-40502028601641670082007-07-16T15:25:00.000-04:002007-07-16T15:25:00.000-04:00I would tend to say that the modern versions of pa...I would tend to say that the modern versions of pantheism (and other somewhat overlapping worldviews that might include New Age and paganism/neopaganism) doesn't always fit your #3 any more. I don't think they think it's impious to investigate the universe even if it is divine, and I think they also expect it to be predictable.<BR/><BR/>But of course we might say that that is a consequence of the scientific worldview so many are now raised with which, according to your argument, would be a consequence of Christianity in the first place. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com