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...Taylor said it is evangelicals' insistence on the literal truth of the Bible that leads them to too often belittle science and at the same time overlook more fundamental truths expressed by the Bible's use of deeply powerful myths and metaphors. "When we say God is the Father, we aren't trying to say he is like my dad," Taylor says...
...book, “The Case for Literature,” the lecture which inspired the compilation, is by far the most polished, most authentic, and most comprehensive statement of this idea. Gao contends that a writer’s utmost concern is “the portrayal of truth in human life.”However, in his view, the author’s work should be centered around neither a concern for verisimilitude nor a concern for creativity that may be “divorced from authentic feelings.” Purely imagined fantasies...
...deepest context of intelligibility. I think that this further quest, if openly pursued, will take the enquirer in the direction of religious belief.” In the end, Polkinghorne has to choose a side in the debate, and for him, religion, not science, is the best path to truth. However, to discard the first 108 pages of insightful analysis of method because of the opinion in the last two pages would be hasty at the least.“Quantum Physics and Theology” succeeds in its ultimate goal: it provides an engaging comparison of the different ways...
...film is as a point in common among the different sides of the conflict. Her boyfriend Dan (Damian Lewis) is a liberal but desensitized American military intelligence officer based in Baghdad’s Green Zone who spouts bizarre nonsense about the insurgency: “There is no truth, because it’s lost in the fourth dimension of time,” he blabbers at one point. “The game’s a kaleidoscope.” At moments like this, you wonder whether Steavenson should have stuck with journalism. Meanwhile, Anna warms...
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia.org, is a self-proclaimed ?anticredentialist? and in six years has revolutionized the way we share-and generate-information online. Wikipedia, now in 250 languages, rides on the idea that truth rises to the top of user-generated content. though a recent scandal proves that's not always the case...