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Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2009
Saturday’s Guardian offered an interesting article from Thomas Jackson on Richard Dawkin’s take on St. Thomas, and Thomas’s take on Aristotle. Jackson concludes:
In the end, why do I think that Aquinas is right and Dawkins is wrong? Partly because the world is so beautiful. Natural selection explains the origin of species most satisfyingly. But it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2009
In a post-Cartesian, Heisenberg-friendly attempt to account for human consciousness’s effects on our universe, now comes Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are Keys to Understanding the Universe, by Robert Lanza and Bob Berman (Benbella Books, May, 2009). According to an April 17 synopsis of the book in The Scientist (registration required),
Our current scientific model claims [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.