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RE: [pf] Christianity
by David A
03 December 2000 14:31 UTC

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Nan Hildreth wrote:
> My point is that folks have various ideas about how the world > works. 
> Some believe in the "cold, hard, mechanical world".  Some 
> within that group believe that winning is more important than being > 
> moral,  in short, that might makes right.  

Who believes that, Nan, specifically? The Donald Trumps of the world? 
They're the ones who most certainly *do not* believe in a "cold, 
mechanical world," because they live in a world of the ego, which is 
anything but cold and anything but mechanical. 

Of all the scientists I've known and worked with, many of them atheists 
and firm believers in a mechanical world. None of them find it cold, 
however, unless you're talking about the 3K cosmic microwave background. 
Cold is a human term, a pejorative term, only the one that means 
something only in the context of us. (And, more properly, the one who 
uses the word.) Most scientists I've known see the universe as deeply 
mysterious and beautiful, anything "but" cold. Maybe it's only you, Nan, 
who sees a mechanical world as cold.

While the upper echelons of science has its share of egos, like any 
field (even Christianity), most scientists I've known hardly believe 
that winning is all that matters or that might makes right. In fact, 
some of them are some of the wisest people I've ever met. Have you even 
ever known a scientist, Nan?

If nonscientists knew as much about science as scientists know about 
humanity, history, literature, and philosophy, I believe our world would 
be a lot better off. 

David