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> God as the Emergent Process of Creation.
>
>
>
> A pioneer of complexity science, Stuart A. Kauffman, M.D., is
> Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman of the Board, Bios Group Inc.
> Since 1985, he has served as a consultant to Los Alamos National
> Laboratory, and from 1986 to 1998 as Professor at the Santa Fe
> Institute. Major areas of research include Developmental Genetics,
> Theoretical Biology, Evolution, and the Origin of Life. He was
> awarded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship
> and The Herbert A. Simon Award.
>
>
>
> Beyond Reductionism: Reinventing the Sacred
> ...

>
> He expressed his religious beliefs.  The fact that he is also a scientist
> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

> On Sep 11, 12:13 am, "thomas p." yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>

>> He expressed his religious beliefs.  The fact that he is also a scientist
>> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

>
> I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly religious.  As
> far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the
> technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better
> somehow, all by itself.

> On Sep 11, 9:23 am, Damien Valentine gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> On Sep 11, 12:13 am, "thomas p." yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>

>>> He expressed his religious beliefs. The fact that he is
>>> also a scientist does nothing to support the validity
>>> of those beliefs.

>>
>> I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly
>> religious. As far as I can tell, he's just swapping the
>> vague word "God" for the technical term "emergence", and
>> hoping that makes everything better somehow, all by
>> itself.

>
> Well, as long as "emergence" doesn't demand regular
> worship, pecuniary sacrifices and the right of veto on ...

>
> He expressed his religious beliefs. The fact that he is also a scientist
> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

>
> "Damien Valentine" gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:1433408c-2124-479a-9193-6ae270a4f4b2@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 11, 12:13 am, "thomas p." yahoo.com> wrote:

>>
>> He expressed his religious beliefs. The fact that he is also a scientist
>> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

>
> I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly religious. As
> far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the
> technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better
> somehow, all by itself.
> ______________________________________________________-
>
> I think the hope is that nobody will notice that it is...

> In article <48c93406$0$56791$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk> "thomas p."
> yahoo.com> writes:

>>
>> "Damien Valentine" gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>> news:1433408c-2124-479a-9193-6ae270a4f4b2@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> On Sep 11, 12:13 am, "thomas p." yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>
>>> He expressed his religious beliefs. The fact that he is also a scientist
>>> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

>>
>> I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly religious. As
>> far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the
>> technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better
>> somehow, all by itself.
>> ______________________________________________________-
>>
>> I think the hope is that nobody will notice that it is pseudoscientific
>> garbage. ...

> In article <48c93406$0$56791$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk> "thomas p."
> yahoo.com> writes:

>>
>> "Damien Valentine" gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>> news:1433408c-2124-479a-9193-6ae270a4f4b2@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> On Sep 11, 12:13 am, "thomas p." yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>
>>> He expressed his religious beliefs. The fact that he is also a
>>> scientist
>>> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

>>
>> I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly religious. As
>> far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the
>> technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better
>> somehow, all by itself.
>> ______________________________________________________-
>>
>> I think the hope is that nobody will notice that it is pseudoscientific ...

>
> "Cary Kittrell" afone.as.arizona.edu> wrote in message
> news:gablva$5sj$1@onion.ccit.arizona.edu...

>> In article <48c93406$0$56791$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk> "thomas p."
>> yahoo.com> writes:

>>>
>>> "Damien Valentine" gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>>> news:1433408c-2124-479a-9193-6ae270a4f4b2@i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Sep 11, 12:13 am, "thomas p." yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>
>>>> He expressed his religious beliefs. The fact that he is also a
>>>> scientist
>>>> does nothing to support the validity of those beliefs.

>>>
>>> I'm not even sure how these beliefs are particularly religious. As
>>> far as I can tell, he's just swapping the vague word "God" for the
>>> technical term "emergence", and hoping that makes everything better
>>> somehow, all by itself. ...

>In article <48c93406$0$56791$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk> "thomas p." yahoo.com> writes:

>>
>> "Damien Valentine" gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
>> news:1433408c-2124-479a-9193...