tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) (02/18/85)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > "For the scientist who has lived by his faith (his word) in the power of > reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of > ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself > over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been > sitting there for centuries." > GOD AND THE ASTRONOMERS, (NY:WW Norton,1978)p116. > He is talking, of course, about the search for the origin of the universe > and our current understanding in the 'Big Bang' theory. > It seems that as we peep through the keyhole we suddenly see GOD's eye > looking back at us (and I think I hear the sound of laughter). The important difference between the scientist and the theologian is how they arrive at that final rock. I hardly think that God would laugh at the scientist for following the scientific method. But the method used by the theologians is prone to error. The same method has been used in the past to 'prove' that the earth is flat, or that it is the center of the universe. I certainly *can* imagine God chuckling at *that*! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts. Seek simplicity and distrust it." --Whitehead [Remember, God is *not* a simple concept.] Steve Tynor Georgia Instutute of Technology ...{akgua, allegra, amd, harpo, hplabs, ihnp4, masscomp, ut-ngp, rlgvax, sb1, uf-cgrl, unmvax, ut-sally} !gatech!gitpyr!tynor -- Steve Tynor Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!tynor