tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post116186672411974769..comments2023-09-22T15:44:10.411-04:00Comments on CUUMBAYA: Reason in religionJoel Monkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post-1161891524307095882006-10-26T15:38:00.000-04:002006-10-26T15:38:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link, Bill- interesting stuff, to b...Thanks for the link, Bill- interesting stuff, to be sure!Joel Monkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post-1161887760525667792006-10-26T14:36:00.000-04:002006-10-26T14:36:00.000-04:00You might find Stephen Barr's review of Dawkin's T...You might find Stephen Barr's review of Dawkin's <EM>The God Delusion</EM> over at <EM>First Things</EM> interesting.<BR/><BR/>A quote below <A HREF="http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=506" REL="nofollow">from Barr.</A><BR/><BR/><EM>As one moves deeper into nature—to levels about which the natural historian and zoologist can tell us nothing—one encounters not less and less form but increasingly magnificent mathematical structures, structures so profound that even the greatest mathematicians are having difficulty understanding them. This is what Pope Benedict was referring to in his Regensburg lecture when he spoke of “the mathematical structure of matter, its intrinsic rationality, . . . the Platonic element in the modern understanding of nature.” It is what the great mathematician Hermann Weyl meant when he said, “[I]n our knowledge of physical nature we have penetrated so far that we can obtain a vision of the flawless harmony which is in conformity with sublime reason.” It is what the great astrophysicist James Jeans meant when he said, “The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.” </EM>Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com