Re: MD Access to Quality

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Apr 07 2005 - 20:46:23 BST

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    > ham:
    > To which I say, our knowledge of physical reality is faith in a
    > belief system. Why, therefore, is philosophy (which may or may not
    > claim to be empirically based) any less a belief system?
     
    > msh says:
    > This is an old can that's been kicked around the block, here, a dozen
    > times. There's a huge difference between pragmatic acceptance of
    > scientific or metaphysical principles, and faith-based, fear-driven
    > acceptance of religious beliefs. To deliberately conflate the two as
    > "faith-based" is simply dishonest and non-productive.

    There's nothing dishonest or non-productive about it, especially
    considering the pragmatic results of Pope John II's religious faith, not
    to mention the faith of millions across the globe. If anything, secular
    demonization of religious belief is fear-based and fear-driven by those
    who desperately wish to claim the moral high ground for themselves.
    Finally, given science's faith in the principle that the whole universe
    arose from nothing, resurrection seems infinitely reasonable.

    Platt
         

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