Monday, March 27, 2006
Hubris!
This WaPo piece is just irritating
Now here is the real problem I have - science does not have that authority to grant. I don't care if these people have the best possible motives, they grant science more than it deserves in a situation like this.
But if that is not enugh hubris, then their are the authors/publishers who think they can sort out whose "right" and whose "wrong."
This sub-head takes the cake
so science studying religion has a point-of-view, while science about things like evolution is objective?
Anything that seeks to grant credence to faith in Christ forgets the source of all credence which is Christ Himself. And in so doing they give others the opportunity to skewer both.
Related Tags: faith healing, prayer, science, objectivity, credence
The outpouring of spiritual healing has inspired a small group of researchers to attempt to use the tools of modern science to test the power of prayer to cure others.The article actually attacks the studies as attempts to grant religion scientific authority.
Now here is the real problem I have - science does not have that authority to grant. I don't care if these people have the best possible motives, they grant science more than it deserves in a situation like this.
But if that is not enugh hubris, then their are the authors/publishers who think they can sort out whose "right" and whose "wrong."
This sub-head takes the cake
Results may 'depend of point of view'
so science studying religion has a point-of-view, while science about things like evolution is objective?
Anything that seeks to grant credence to faith in Christ forgets the source of all credence which is Christ Himself. And in so doing they give others the opportunity to skewer both.
Related Tags: faith healing, prayer, science, objectivity, credence
