[betty boop]

...Science has hardly even begun to ask the most fundamental of questions, e.g. "what life 'is' rather than simply what it looks like or does" - "what is the origin of autonomy in biological life."

Evidently such questions are simply banned from, say, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, which is probably the field's flagship journal....

There seems to be an almost religious commitment to the doctrines of naturalism and materialism over there.

Nonetheless, I do believe that a paradigm shift is coming sooner or later — not motivated by biologists per se, but by physicists and mathematicians.

I'm all for "cross-disciplinary" investigation of the issues of life and mind.... We probably need to have philosophy weigh in, too. This will drive the Darwinists nutz!

Thank you so much for writing, dearest sister in Christ!

[Alamo-Girl]

Truly, many of the big thinkers of the last century would never have been published in today's world due to the enforced orthodoxy of today's peer reviewed journals:

Refereed Journals: Do They Insure Quality or Enforce Orthodoxy?

Einsten is an example.

Nonetheless, I do believe that a paradigm shift is coming sooner or later — not motivated by biologists per se, but by physicists and mathematicians.

I very, very strongly agree, dearest sister in Christ - especially concerning the mathematicians (Rosen et al.)