Thanks very much, Paul. This certainly places our discussion in a far more articulate vein. It's great to see this type of discussion still going on. I hope to spend much more time with it. John At 12:40 PM 5/20/2012, you wrote:
I enjoyed the debate between Richard Dawkins and Rowan Williams on some of these questions: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfQk4NfW7g0>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfQk4NfW7g0
Maybe it adds another dimension...?
Paul
In a message dated 20/05/2012 19:18:12 GMT Daylight Time, LAURELCG@aol.com writes: Jack,
The Ground of Being that WAS before the big bang, and the Evolutionary Impulse (Becoming) that started the big bang, is what we've called God. (This I've gleaned from Andrew Cohen.) I agree it is all intelligent, but our tiny brains cannot begin to understand it. IT is the All, in the phrases, "All that is, is good." and "I am One with All That Is." Science is about grappling to understand it. Good scientists are usually in awe of what they're discovering. What else would keep someone looking in a microscope all day every day for years, or whatever laborious process is required in their discipline? Scientists like Bryan Swimme and men of faith like Thomas Berry sometimes collaborate to come up with inspired works, like The Universe Story. This is all just my humble opinion, as is the belief that the church, the cutting edge today, is the evolutionary spirituality movement. Jean Houston is a recognized leader of it and almost invariably ends her internet sessions with "These are the times, we are the people."
From the great central valley of California, the center of the Universe, Jann
In a message dated 5/20/2012 10:57:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, icabombay@igc.org writes: As to the "Grand Design", it is the contention of some that the creative process, that which underlies all, is inherently intelligent and that intelligence can be understood.
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