tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444317.post3061599750119165878..comments2024-03-10T08:48:34.026+00:00Comments on Nemeton: creationism researchYewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444317.post-41925450848922349952007-06-20T10:17:00.000+00:002007-06-20T10:17:00.000+00:00Yes, the study was far too quantitative. It's ver...Yes, the study was far too quantitative. It's very difficult to get at the nuances of people's beliefs with this sort of questionnaire.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444317.post-41785302589097505342007-06-13T15:41:00.000+00:002007-06-13T15:41:00.000+00:00Studies like this are why I become frustrated, som...Studies like this are why I become frustrated, sometimes. A minority view, such as creationism, is treated as the only religious viewpoint and is then set against a purely materialist scientific view (incidentally, I'm fairly sure the scientific definition of "evolution" was specifically worded so as not to preclude the possibility of a guiding Spirit, and to recognize that science does not speak about the nonmaterial and so cannot make judgments about it--but I can't remember where I read that). What ends up happening is that the majority of religious or spiritual individuals end up looking like they're either wholly ignorant, or functioning on a level of cognitive dissonance that borders on insanity.<BR/><BR/>As far as my personal view--I'm fascinated by cosmology and modern physics, as well, but for me the idea of "creation" is much more personal than vast universes blooming into existence. I believe in the idea of the microcosm reflecting the macrocosm--or the holographic nature of the universe(s)--and that creation is an on-going process that we can witness directly in this very moment, as well as finding it in the stars, blackholes and the mysteries of billions of years of history.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.com