[FoRK] materialism vs. humanism

[Lucas Gonze]

On Jan 2, 2008 5:36 PM, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
> Not to quibble, but the belief itself is a real phenomenon, can can
> be studied.  The object of belief, not so much...

Not a quibble at all.  That's a perfect illustration of the line
between things which can be studied and things which can't.  It's like
a border on a map.

> On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Lucas Gonze wrote:
>
> > On Jan 2, 2008 4:35 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar
> > <drernie at radicalcentrism.org> wrote:
> >> But, what is your criteria for determining "what is real"?
> >
> > Anything that can be investigated by any present or future science is
> > a candidate for inclusion.  For example Christian belief is by
> > definition an act of faith and can't be investigated, therefore it is
> > not real.
>
>
> jb
>
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