Comments on: A Skin-Deep Territory Distinction http://jdsawyer.net/2010/01/31/a-skin-deep-territory-distinction/ The Worlds of J. Daniel Sawyer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:54:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sidfaiwu http://jdsawyer.net/2010/01/31/a-skin-deep-territory-distinction/#comment-28142 sidfaiwu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:54:44 +0000 http://jdsawyer.net/?p=834#comment-28142 "Now, it may be possible to create a religion that is completely immune to territorial impingement from science forever..." Deism! But... "...a religion which made no claims about reality, made no demands on its patrons, promised no rewards (temporal, eternal, or existential), and said nothing substantive about human nature would maintain a hold on parishioners for very long." Deism. P.S. I know that some forms of deism make definite claims about cosmology, but they are always careful about adjusting it to match current scientific knowledge. “Now, it may be possible to create a religion that is completely immune to territorial impingement from science forever…”

Deism!

But…

“…a religion which made no claims about reality, made no demands on its patrons, promised no rewards (temporal, eternal, or existential), and said nothing substantive about human nature would maintain a hold on parishioners for very long.”

Deism.

P.S. I know that some forms of deism make definite claims about cosmology, but they are always careful about adjusting it to match current scientific knowledge.

]]> By: Spiritual Tramp » Science vs. Religion http://jdsawyer.net/2010/01/31/a-skin-deep-territory-distinction/#comment-27496 Spiritual Tramp » Science vs. Religion Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:22:46 +0000 http://jdsawyer.net/?p=834#comment-27496 [...] His response. blog comments powered by Disqus var disqus_url = 'http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2010/01/science-vs-religion/ '; var disqus_container_id = 'disqus_thread'; var facebookXdReceiverPath = 'http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/xd_receiver.htm'; var DsqLocal = { 'trackbacks': [ { 'author_name': 'Spiritual Tramp » If I Had a Hammer', 'author_url': 'http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2010/02/if-i-had-a-hammer/', 'date': '02/01/2010 09:32 AM', 'excerpt': '[...] Sawyer answered my opening volley in our debate on science and religion in a post titled A Skin-Deep Territory ...', 'type': 'pingback' } ], 'trackback_url': 'http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2010/01/science-vs-religion/trackback/' }; « Dos and Don’ts If I Had a Hammer » [...] [...] His response. blog comments powered by Disqus var disqus_url = ‘http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2010/01/science-vs-religion/ ‘; var disqus_container_id = ‘disqus_thread’; var facebookXdReceiverPath = ‘http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/xd_receiver.htm’; var DsqLocal = { ‘trackbacks’: [ { 'author_name': 'Spiritual Tramp » If I Had a Hammer', 'author_url': 'http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2010/02/if-i-had-a-hammer/', 'date': '02/01/2010 09:32 AM', 'excerpt': '[...] Sawyer answered my opening volley in our debate on science and religion in a post titled A Skin-Deep Territory …’, ‘type’: ‘pingback’ } ], ‘trackback_url’: ‘http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/2010/01/science-vs-religion/trackback/’ }; « Dos and Don’ts If I Had a Hammer » [...]

]]> By: Spiritual Tramp » If I Had a Hammer http://jdsawyer.net/2010/01/31/a-skin-deep-territory-distinction/#comment-27490 Spiritual Tramp » If I Had a Hammer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:33:54 +0000 http://jdsawyer.net/?p=834#comment-27490 [...] Sawyer answered my opening volley in our debate on science and religion in a post titled A Skin-Deep Territory Distinction. He makes some good points regarding areas where science and religion touch, overlap and even (as [...] [...] Sawyer answered my opening volley in our debate on science and religion in a post titled A Skin-Deep Territory Distinction. He makes some good points regarding areas where science and religion touch, overlap and even (as [...]

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