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Recieved: 1999/12/11 17:44
Subject: [K-list] Re Artifical Life
From: revo
On 1999/12/11 17:44, revo posted thus to the K-list:
Martin Thompson & K List People
I too heard about the experiment to create artifical life. I do not
know how close science is or if it will ever create life. If science
ever does create life, it would seem there would be profound
philospophical problems for spiritual people.
If science can create life, then it would appear that life is nothing
more than a physcial biological process. Nothing more. Nothing
spiritual. It would seem that if science could create life, this would
validate the materialistic athestic world view. It would seem to be a
giant defeat for spiritual people.
I am reminded of the contest between Mosses and Pharoah. Mosses throws
his staff down on the floor. His staff becomes a cobra. Pharoah does
the same with 2 staffs, which also become cobras. Yet Mosses prevails,
his cobras swallow both of Pharoah's cobras. According to the story
Mosses, empowered by God, performs great wonders leaving Pharoah
dumbfounded.
It seems modern science is similiarly in a philosphical struggle with
those of us who have a spiritual world view. I realize there are those,
my self encluded, who believe that science and spirituality are not in
conflict but are merely different ways of looking at reality. Yet there
are those scientist, who object to any spirituality and insist that only
matter, energy and scientific laws exist. According to these scientist
there is no god and nothing spiritual. I feel that if they can create
life their world view will gain greater acceptance.
Richard
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