Download or read book SCIENCE and RELIGION Amoral Brainless written by Ernest Kinnie and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are science and religion complementary or incompatible? After you've answered that question, have a little fun playing around with your hard-headed scientist and your wild-eyed mystic. Don't have one? No problem. Fake it! Have a little fantasy fun. Ride upon the wind and dance like a flame across the mountainside.Be sure and give Reality a great big hug. Careful! It may hug back.Come along, if you have any wild left. ____________________Click the Bar, top right

Download or read book AMORAL SCIENCE and BRAINLESS RELIGION And Chasing Reality written by Ernest Kinnie and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AMORAL SCIENCE & BRAINLESS RELIGION---and Chasing RealityThe interface between humankind and Reality.A. Amoral science & brainless religionExplore the tension between science and religion using the ideas of John Stuart Mill from his book, On Liberty.B. Chasing Reality---is The Buddha correct?Explore the nature of Reality and continue to dance between science and religion by answering three questions. Included are many quotations from people on the same journey, and a few funny fillers to give your brain a rest. Your answers and mine are at the end.C. Freedom and JoyA AMORAL SCIENCE & BRAINLESS RELIGION1. Science and Religion2. Understanding and significance3. Albert Einstein1 SCIENCE AND RELIGIONThe quality of the ideas and beliefs held by an individual or organization can best be judged by their willingness to be exposed to alternative ideas and beliefs, competently and forcefully presented. So argued John Stuart Mill in his short book, On Liberty.a. Your point of view may be wrong. To believe otherwise is to assume you are infallible.b. Your opinion almost certainly does not contain the whole truth, and alternative points of view may have valid elements. If you have the honesty and self-confidence to recognize them, understanding increases, and the presentation of your point of view more powerful.c. Even if the other point of view is completely wrong it is important to listen carefully and present your position vigorously and honestly. Otherwise your point of view will lose its vitality and freshness and become dead dogma, mere rhetoric.In the spirit of On Liberty, this paper considers the strengths and weaknesses of the two great interpreters of reality in our culture, science and religion.An honest dialogue has often been made toxic by too many people among such groups as atheists and fundamentalist Christians who cherry pick history, straw man the other side, and indulge in sad, mean-spirited ad-hominem attacks. For instance, atheists I have known accept science as their criterion of Reality and greatly enjoy trivializing and making fun of religion. Along with the hopelessly brainless literal interpretations of the bible, the horrors perpetrated by religion in the name of love are pictured in detail and living color.The politics of the far right is seen as an attempt to return to the good old days, when rack and stake will once again put the fear of Almighty God in the hearts of Satan and his minions, and anyone else who doesn't grovel low enough. And the examination of religion is usually left there, with a fervent commitment to the fight for rationality and freedom wherever ignorance and superstition are found. Such fine words indeed stir the soul.Religious fundamentalists I have known point out that science has no morality. And, the tools of destruction created by Godless scientists have caused more suffering and death than all of the religious wars put together. The picture of all those scientists spreading terror and pain, and threatening all life on this beautiful planet is not pretty. And imagine the terrified last moments of all those millions upon millions of innocent, little babies dying in horrible agony, sliced apart by doctors trained in the scientific tradition. More than ample justification for an even greater commitment to the Holy Crusade to spread God's Love and Mercy to all mankind.The ideologues on both sides trivialize and demonize, and easily knock down the abominable straw men they create. What fun stomping the stuffing into the mud. There is some truth in how each views the other but the selectivity and exaggerations are a little less than honest. Hopefully the following will be a bit more even-handed.

Download or read book AMORAL SCIENCE and BRAINLESS RELIGION Our Interface with Reality written by Ernest Kinnie and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was a great book, very well written.PatrickHighly recommend for believers and non believers alike. Hits both sides equally and does not take sides. Seldom is a work like this neutral.Phillip DurbinonAMORAL SCIENCE & BRAINLESS RELIGION: our interface with RealityA. Amoral science & brainless religion---in the spirit of On LibertyB. Dancing science and religion---the wisdom and folly of many peopleC. Our interface with Reality---let's give Reality a great big hugExplore the interface between humans and Reality by answering three questions. Included are many quotations from people on the same journey, and a few funny fillers to give your brain a rest. Your answers and mine are at the end.D. Freedom and Joy---The Buddha and Lao Tzu, Harold and MaudeA. Amoral science & brainless religion1. Science and Religion2. Understanding and significance3. Albert Einstein1. SCIENCE AND RELIGIONThe quality of the ideas and beliefs held by an individual or organization can best be judged by their willingness to be exposed to alternative ideas and beliefs, competently and forcefully presented. So argued John Stuart Mill in his short book, On Liberty.Openness to alternative points of view is necessary because:a. Your point of view may be wrong. To believe otherwise is to assume you are infallible.b. Your opinion almost certainly does not contain the whole truth, and alternative points of view may have valid elements. If you have the honesty and self-confidence to recognize them, understanding increases, and the presentation of your point of view more powerful.c. Even if the other point of view is completely wrong it is important to listen carefully and present your position vigorously and honestly. Otherwise your point of view will lose its vitality and freshness and become dead dogma, mere rhetoric.In the spirit of On Liberty, this paper considers the strengths and weaknesses of the two great interpreters of reality in our culture, science and religion.An honest dialogue has often been made toxic by too many people among such groups as atheists and fundamentalist Christians who cherry pick history, straw man the other side, and indulge in sad, mean-spirited ad-hominem attacks. For instance, atheists I have known greatly enjoy trivializing and making fun of religion. Along with the hopelessly brainless literal interpretations of the bible, the horrors perpetrated by religion in the name of love are pictured in detail and living color.The politics of the far right is seen as an attempt to return to the good old days, when rack and stake will once again put the fear of Almighty God in the hearts of Satan and his minions, and anyone else who doesn't grovel low enough. And the examination of religion is usually left there, with a fervent commitment to the fight for rationality and freedom wherever ignorance and superstition are found. Such fine words indeed stir the soul.Religious fundamentalists I have known point out that science has no morality. And, the tools of destruction created by Godless scientists have caused more suffering and death than all of the religious wars put together. The picture of all those scientists spreading terror and pain, and threatening all life on this beautiful planet is not pretty. And imagine the terrified last moments of all those millions upon millions of innocent, little babies dying in horrible agony, sliced apart by doctors trained in the scientific tradition. More than ample justification for an even greater commitment to the Holy Crusade to spread God's Love and Mercy to all mankind.The ideologues on both sides trivialize and demonize, and easily knock down the abominable straw men they create. What fun stomping the stuffing into the mud. There is some truth in how each views the other but the selectivity and exaggerations are a little less than honest. Hopefully the following will be a bit more even-handed.

Download or read book Amoral Science and Brainless Religion written by Ernest Kinnie and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-24 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome Home of the Tigers. Einstein insisted. Science and religion are branches of the same tree. Fundamentalists have insisted they're incompatible. Let's take a look. In the spirit of John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, this book considers the strengths and weaknesses of the two great interpreters of reality in our culture, science and religion. An honest dialogue is often made toxic by atheists and fundamentalist Christians cherry picking history, straw manning the other side, and indulging in sad, mean-spirited ad-hominem attacks. The ideologues on both sides trivialize and demonize, and easily knock down the abominable straw men they create. What fun stomping the stuffing into the mud. There is some truth in how each views the other but the selectivity and exaggerations are a little less than honest. Hopefully this presentation will be a bit more even-handed. Be sure and check out the nature of human Reality---Tiger 3. A. Science and Religion---two world views B. My Perspective and Preferences Tiger 1---Meta-Jump Tiger 2---Free the Flow Tiger 3---come give Reality a great big hug ____________________Click on the Bar in the box, top of the page on the right.

Download or read book AMORAL SCIENCE BRAINLESS RELIGION Comgine Them written by Ernest Kinnie and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are science and religion good friends or bitter enemies? After you answer that question, have a little fun playing around with your scientist and mystic. Don't have one? No problem. Fake it! Have a little fantasy fun. Ride upon the wind and dance like a flame across the mountainside. Be sure and give Reality a great big hug. Careful! It may hug back. Come along, if you have any wild left. I have lived three World Views. A good Catholic Wild-eyed mystic. Hard-headed scientist. Come along and I'll show you the good and bad effects they have had on my life. ____________________ Click the Bar, top right

Download or read book Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric written by K. Fry and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers arguments made by various sides of the political-religious divide from the past 30 years, showing what the actual differences are between these groups. By stressing the typically ignored similarities, the book better informs partisans and the public to move debate forward.

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Download or read book Crochet Coral Reef written by Margaret Wertheim and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now perhaps the world's largest participatory art and science project, the Crochet Coral Reef combines mathematics, marine biology, environmental consciousness-raising and community art practice. Almost 8,000 people around the world have contributed to making an ever-evolving archipelago of giant woolen seascapes, which have been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery, the Smithsonian and many other venues. This fully illustrated book, written by the project's creators--Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring--brings together the scientific and mathematical content behind the project, along with essays about the artistic and cultural resonances of this unique experiment in radical craft practice. With a wealth of color illustrations, the book serves as a record of the 30-plus Crochet Reefs worldwide and names all 7,000-plus contributors in a specially designed section.

Download or read book The Order of Joy written by Scott Wilson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative exploration of a new concept of “joy” within psychoanalytic and cultural studies.

Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by A. Roberts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.

Download or read book My Bright Abyss written by Christian Wiman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate meditation on the consolations and disappointments of religion and poetry

Download or read book Parables for the Virtual written by Brian Massumi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the body has been the focus of much contemporary cultural theory, the models that are typically applied neglect the most salient characteristics of embodied existence—movement, affect, and sensation—in favor of concepts derived from linguistic theory. In Parables for the Virtual Brian Massumi views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Renewing and assessing William James's radical empiricism and Henri Bergson's philosophy of perception through the filter of the post-war French philosophy of Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, Massumi links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement, affect, and sensation. If such concepts are as fundamental as signs and significations, he argues, then a new set of theoretical issues appear, and with them potential new paths for the wedding of scientific and cultural theory. Replacing the traditional opposition of literal and figural with new distinctions between stasis and motion and between actual and virtual, Parables for the Virtual tackles related theoretical issues by applying them to cultural mediums as diverse as architecture, body art, the digital art of Stelarc, and Ronald Reagan's acting career. The result is an intriguing combination of cultural theory, science, and philosophy that asserts itself in a crystalline and multi-faceted argument.

Download or read book The Secret Trial of Robert E Lee written by Thomas Fleming and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1865. The Civil War is over, and the South lies in ruins. But for some people, former slaveholders have not been punished enough. A cabal of powerful men, led by Charles A. Dana, the assistant secretary of war, plot to break the spirit of the South once and for all - by convicting General Robert E. Lee of treason and hanging him like a common criminal. To this end, they have convened a secret military tribunal in Lee's former home in Arlington, Virginia. Jeremiah O'Brien of the New-York Tribune, a long-time protégé of Dana's, is the only reporter allowed to attend the trial. His exclusive reports on this momentous event, and the book he intends to write, will surely make his fortune. Yet as the trial proceeds, pitting the general against his accusers, O'Brien finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dana, his love for a Confederate spy, and his growing respect and compassion for Lee himself. The young reporter is supposed to be only an observer, but, in the end, it is O'Brien who must evaluate the evidence and determine the true meaning of honor. Written by New York Times bestselling author and historian Thomas Fleming, The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee brings to life a fascinating chapter in American history that might well have happened - and perhaps truly did.

Download or read book Once in the West written by Christian Wiman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The New York Times' 10 Favorite Poetry Books of 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A searing new collection from one of our country's most important poets Memories mercies mostly aren't but there were I swear days veined with grace —from "Memory's Mercies" Once in the West, Christian Wiman's fourth collection, is as intense and intimate as poetry gets—from the "suffering of primal silence" that it plumbs to the "rockshriek of joy" that it achieves and enables. Readers of Wiman's earlier books will recognize the sharp characterizations and humor—"From her I learned the earthworm's exemplary open-mindedness, / its engine of discriminate shit"—as well as his particular brand of reverent rage: "Lord if I implore you please just please leave me alone / is that a prayer that's every instant answered?" But there is something new here, too: moving love poems to his wife, tender glimpses of his children, and, amid the onslaughts of illness and fear and failures, "a trace / of peace."

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Download or read book Anthropologies of Revolution written by Igor Cherstich and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. What can anthropological thinking contribute to the study of revolutions? The first book-length attempt to develop an anthropological approach to revolutions, Anthropologies of Revolution proposes that revolutions should be seen as concerted attempts to radically reconstitute the worlds people inhabit. Viewing revolutions as all-embracing, world-creating projects, the authors ask readers to move beyond the idea of revolutions as acts of violent political rupture, and instead view them as processes of societal transformation that penetrate deeply into the fabric of people’s lives, unfolding and refolding the coordinates of human existence.

Download or read book Nationalism and Culture written by Rudolf Rocker and published by Black Rose Books Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important contribution to our thought about human society. A classic, long out of print.