<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Wonder Twin powers, activate!]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Benny Big Eye http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:47:42 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/1 Link to the press release

There's no link to the press release....

Benny Big Eye

]]> Link to the press release

There's no link to the press release....

Benny Big Eye

]]> Comment #2 by David Roberts http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:53:10 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/2 I can't find it online.

www.grist.org

]]> I can't find it online.

www.grist.org

]]> Comment #3 by Kate Sheppard http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:44:41 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/3 Here's the release

Leading Evangelicals, Scientists to Launch Environmental Collaboration

Kate Sheppard

]]> Here's the release

Leading Evangelicals, Scientists to Launch Environmental Collaboration

Kate Sheppard

]]> Comment #4 by Engineer http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:21:25 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/4 Last I heard...

the group will release a joint statement highlighting their shared concerns about human-caused threats to the Creation

...the scientists weren't so hot on the whole 'Creation' thing...

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is!

]]> Last I heard...

the group will release a joint statement highlighting their shared concerns about human-caused threats to the Creation

...the scientists weren't so hot on the whole 'Creation' thing...

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is!

]]> Comment #5 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:05:42 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/5 Ha!

I wouldn't be so hot on it either. This will make for some interesting bedfellows. I see Pat Robertson isn't on the list...that's a relief.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Ha!

I wouldn't be so hot on it either. This will make for some interesting bedfellows. I see Pat Robertson isn't on the list...that's a relief.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #6 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:43:20 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/6 "Creation"

My guess is, the scientists acquiesced in the use of the term "Creation," even if they themselves do not share a belief in that doctrine, because they felt they could interpret it in a loose, non-religious, metaphorical way, and they understood that the intended readership of this group's statement(s), including many religionists who are mistrustful of environmentalists and scientists, would be grateful to find that word there.

And by the same token, I am sure many of the clergy would not insist on using "Creation" in their private conversations with the scientists; but they too understand that one of the points of this "joint effort" is to impress the evangelicals, whose prejudices they know very well.

What I find more troubling is that the scientists agreed to participate in this exclusively evangelical project, when they should have insisted that all denominations be invited to participate.  Getting as many evangelicals on board as possible is fine.  But the scientists should beware of subscribing to anything that turns out to be doctrinally narrow and exclusivist.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

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My guess is, the scientists acquiesced in the use of the term "Creation," even if they themselves do not share a belief in that doctrine, because they felt they could interpret it in a loose, non-religious, metaphorical way, and they understood that the intended readership of this group's statement(s), including many religionists who are mistrustful of environmentalists and scientists, would be grateful to find that word there.

And by the same token, I am sure many of the clergy would not insist on using "Creation" in their private conversations with the scientists; but they too understand that one of the points of this "joint effort" is to impress the evangelicals, whose prejudices they know very well.

What I find more troubling is that the scientists agreed to participate in this exclusively evangelical project, when they should have insisted that all denominations be invited to participate.  Getting as many evangelicals on board as possible is fine.  But the scientists should beware of subscribing to anything that turns out to be doctrinally narrow and exclusivist.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> Comment #7 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:49:29 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/7 Good point Canis

Scientists are poindexters. Political strategists, they are not.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Good point Canis

Scientists are poindexters. Political strategists, they are not.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #8 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:52:57 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/8 Oh well

A few wacky phraes won't kill this.  Progressive evangelicals?  Yep.  Jimmy Carter is a great example!

He sure is pushing hard for peace in the ME. Releasing that book that is bringing the often death-threat-invoking weight of fundamentalist Christians and Jews down on him takes some kind of courage!

We need these good people who try to live by the example set by their favorite son o' God.  Right here on our side!  

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Oh well

A few wacky phraes won't kill this.  Progressive evangelicals?  Yep.  Jimmy Carter is a great example!

He sure is pushing hard for peace in the ME. Releasing that book that is bringing the often death-threat-invoking weight of fundamentalist Christians and Jews down on him takes some kind of courage!

We need these good people who try to live by the example set by their favorite son o' God.  Right here on our side!  

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Comment #9 by bookerly http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:38:30 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/god-science-join-forces/9 Too Narrow


   I want to second CanisCandida's cautions (after all, a number of evangelists do not consider Catholics to be real Christians, and would they work with denominations that include women and (probably not) gays as leaders?).

   The number of people involved is very small for a press release.  Usually people try to get everyone they can in on the original effort, figuring somw will peel away.  I wonder if this is poor organizing, or difficulty in securing more names??

patrick

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   I want to second CanisCandida's cautions (after all, a number of evangelists do not consider Catholics to be real Christians, and would they work with denominations that include women and (probably not) gays as leaders?).

   The number of people involved is very small for a press release.  Usually people try to get everyone they can in on the original effort, figuring somw will peel away.  I wonder if this is poor organizing, or difficulty in securing more names??

patrick

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