From the blog
Positive Science, Negative Theology:
Believing that all aspects of human life should be based in science is a pipe dream, and a dangerous one. It is a pipe dream because such a notion badly misunderstands the basic needs and desires of human beings, which cannot, no matter what one would like to think, be satisfied with Enlightenment-style rationalism. It is dangerous because, once people buy into this crazy idea, the scientists take over. And that won’t end any better than it did when the priests took over. It would probably turn out worse, given the scientist’s access to technology.
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I'm currently reading an outstanding book by James K. A. Smith titled
Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. A significant component of Smith's thesis lies in the idea that the rational, Enlightenment, Modernist perception of people-as-thinkers or even the Reformed emphasis on people-as-believers fully misses the multifaceted reality of what a human being really is.....
More to come.
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