[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the heads up!

The previous thread (Nobelist) had a lot of interesting dialogue that was lost. Lurkers on this thread might be interested in your summary of the debate:

1. Many religious people believe they know the answer and thus believe the scientists must be wrong.

2. Many scientists believe they know the answer and thus the religionists must be wrong.

3. Some of us, when we see a dispute between religion and science, assume that there is something we do not yet understand - either in the Scriptures or in the science - and thus proceed in researching and meditating to answer our own questions.

4. Many others accept both views without being concerned (in this life) how it reconciles.

5. And still others see science and religion both as a work in progress which evolves and informs from generation to generation.

6. Some religious people don't understand that science isn't a competing sect; it's a different intellectual activity altogether, because science and theology operate with a different set of intellectual techniques:

a. Theology uses revelation and faith; science does not.

b. Science is limited to sensory evidence and logic; theology is not.

7. Some scientific people, upon encountering religious people who don't appreciate the epistemological issues described above, assume that all religious teachings are wrong; and vice versa.

[PatrickHenry]

Thanks for posting that.

[CobaltBlue]

Excellent! In fairness to both of you, I think you both worked on that summary - I believe that Alamo-Girl started it, because I came in around #4 or #5, and didn't see #6 and #7.

When you put it like that, I wonder how anybody could disagree?

It seems to me that it's completely consistent with both science and Christian theology to say, "I believe thus and so, and you believe otherwise."

So here is the $64,000 question. Would it be fair/reasonable/good/worthwhile to teach that same tolerance for other points of view to high school students?

A week or two ago I posted links to a Jewish high school website that talked about different religious beliefs - not just the Jewish views on creation, but short mentions of other religions. I was very impressed by the thought that went into it.

[ImpBill]

Pretty much sums it up. So I guess you are in the group that believes both view points should be exposed to young mushy minds?