tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post116767911114691982..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: The art of the non sequiturZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1167728308621187772007-01-02T00:58:00.000-08:002007-01-02T00:58:00.000-08:00"For these good folk it seems that science needs a...<I>"For these good folk it seems that science needs a certain something more—a dash of greater good of some kind."</I><BR/><BR/>Kind of like the way that some people, when presented with a plate of fine food, wont be happy until they have added a comforting dollop of Heinz Tomato Ketchup, much to the chef's disgust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1167702301370207402007-01-01T17:45:00.000-08:002007-01-01T17:45:00.000-08:00Do you have anything more clear evidence of what y...Do you have anything more clear evidence of what you don't like about Smith's writing. Because my reading of Smith's article was not nearly as bad as yours, and I think you are misreading or misrepresenting him.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see anything in the article claiming that Kabbalah is a good way to learn anthing about the universe. The paragraph you cite, by my reading, is just emphasizing the example from the previous paragraph, i.e., that for many people, "context" has ethical implications. If you beleive Adam & Eve, hence you think that all people are related, this is likely to affect your morals. And for Kabbalah followers, who thought the universe was changing, this apparently led them to beleive that people's behavior can change the course of the universe. And someone who thinks the universe is eteral and unchanging might draw some other lesson -- e.g., that our behavior is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.<BR/><BR/>Again, I don't see anything in there saying that spirituality or religion tells us anything about the universe. Simply that what people beleive about the universe, whether correctly or incorrectly, often seems to feed into how they behave, what their moral principals are, etc.<BR/><BR/>-KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com