tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post115385801557090240..comments2023-11-02T07:00:12.603-04:00Comments on just an apprentice: Newbigin, the Gospel in Pluralist Western Culture, and Culture ClassBrian Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499619375897729458noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post-1153962038952101532006-07-26T21:00:00.000-04:002006-07-26T21:00:00.000-04:00I am in total agreement with you. I just wonder i...I am in total agreement with you. I just wonder if the perspective you and I hold is the dominant one in science (Darwin, Freud, Marx, Hawkins, the academy...). But as I said, I am speaking not from a point of expertise.<BR/><BR/>Back to how this conversation started. We got onto a more philosophical discussion. However, the Spanish students answered the question--"What spiritual beliefs do Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499619375897729458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post-1153960898988666702006-07-26T20:41:00.000-04:002006-07-26T20:41:00.000-04:00I acknowledge that there are many starting points ...I acknowledge that there are many starting points for motivation in scientific study/views as there are various end goals -- epistomologically speaking. But I often cringe when people categorically put theological revelation at one end of the continuum and empirical rationalism at the other end as if they work and stand against one another. <BR/><BR/>Science is one way humans exercise their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post-1153939150510432842006-07-26T14:39:00.000-04:002006-07-26T14:39:00.000-04:00Most of the kids who answered the question about w...Most of the kids who answered the question about what spiritual beliefs they have answered: "I believe in science" As we talked it became evident that they believe in that which is knowable through scientific inquiry...the material world. <BR/><BR/>Of course the scientific revolution that gave rise to the Enlightenment and modernity grew out of a Christian worldview. But as this revolution Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499619375897729458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post-1153937793500205462006-07-26T14:16:00.000-04:002006-07-26T14:16:00.000-04:00In ref to your conversation with those from Spain:...In ref to your conversation with those from Spain: "This question became a great springboard for conversation about God, the scientific worldview (secular), values, Jesus, the Bible, what is shaping their beliefsā¦"<BR/><BR/>Sounds like it was a very interesting and pertinent conversation. Just curious, may I clarify your use of "THE scientific worldview (secular)" in the quote above? Are you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post-1153916627648423052006-07-26T08:23:00.000-04:002006-07-26T08:23:00.000-04:00Not sure, the piece she was working on was still i...Not sure, the piece she was working on was still in the early stages. She was not coming up with many clergy who blog locally. Joan Kern was her name.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499619375897729458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9759410.post-1153865367145432462006-07-25T18:09:00.000-04:002006-07-25T18:09:00.000-04:00Brian,Was the reporter from the New Era, Intel., o...Brian,<BR/><BR/>Was the reporter from the New Era, Intel., or Sunday News? Let us know when it appears. -CLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com