Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. I continue to reflect on what Teilhard has to say regarding early human morphology in Section 2 of Chapter I of Part III...
This is part 2 of 3. Humankind, the Jesuit paleontologist tells us, entered the world so silently, with so little fanfare that, by the time our evolutionary ...
This is part 3 of 3. As he closes out his footnote on monogenism, the Jesuit scientist concedes that what is beyond the reach of experimental science may not...
Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. I continue to reflect on what Teilhard has to say regarding early human morphology in Section 2 of Chapter I of Part III...
This is part 2 of 3. Start-ups, beginnings, peduncles, then, are fragile and unlikely to leave lasting impressions of themselves --- and not only in the domain...
This is part 3 of 3. The Jesuit scientist remarks that some of the best anthropologists of his day hold that the peduncle (or beginning) of humankind was...
Hello everyone, I think it is fair to say that most scientists (probably quite correctly, in my view) make the claim that there is, in science, really no place...
Hi Brian, and thanks for your thoughts. I think phenomenology has to do with what is self evident, and therefore it is on a firmer foundation than a science...
Hello Stephen (and all), Thanks very much for your post of November 20th. I do see merit in what you have written. For example, I think you are quite correct...
In a message dated 11/21/2008 6:44:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, briancowan@... writes: I think it is fair to say that most scientists (probably quite...
Hello Bill (and all), ... In my opinion, one, indeed, could express the view that "the very purpose of life is to express more and more of itself and to find...
Science can only tell us "how." The question of "why" is just as good a question though. We are the Body of Christ and all Carpenters use their bodies to build...
Now that got everyone's attention! :0) But it's just The Onion at it again! :)) http://www.theonion.com/content/news/evolutionists_flock_to_darwin _,___ ...
Hello Liz, Thanks very much for this little bit of light-hearted humour. Cheers, Brian. ... You wrote: Now that got everyone's attention! :0) But it's just The...
Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. In my submission of November 16th, I commented on how, in Section 2 of Chapter I of Part III of 'The Human Phenomenon', ...
This is part 2 of 3. When all is said and done, then, it does appear to be the case that Teilhard leans toward the opinion that 'the human branch has not...
This is part 3 of 3. Osborn, the Jesuit paleontologist tells us, advanced the hypothesis of a very ancient beginning for the zoological line of descent which...
The following is my Amazon review of Amit Goswami’s "God is Not Dead." Sincerely, Stephen ... Breaking New Ground  Amit Goswami’s "God is Not Dead" is an...
Thank you Stephen. On the basis of your earlier review I read Goswami's "Creative Evolution: A Physicist's Resolution between Darwinism and Intelligent...
Hi Dave Goswami refers to Teilhard de Chardin in three places in "Creative Evolution." Here is what Goswami writes on page 6: "Creative evolution is geared...
Hello everyone, ... As it turns our, I, too, am delving into Stephen's book (the 2007 edition), although, in my case, I am now working my way through the work...
Hello everyone, Oops! .... just noticed that I left out an important word in the last sentence of the third paragraph from the end in my earlier post. The word...
- Trinity, at least in part, has to do with an interlinked threeness involving subject, object, and the receptivity (involving thoughts, sensations, and...
Thanks Stephen for the clarifications and thanks Brian for your interpretation. It all helps bring some focus to my understanding. With regard to the problem...
This reminds me of a little essay I wrote about the Trinity and the Human brain. The Trinity and the Human Brain: A Comparison. Many experts on the Human brain...
From the neocortex we get the skills necessary to make peace between the reptile brain and the mammal brain. Hi Liz In is interesting that the archetype given...
Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. This submission will constitute the conclusion of my reflections on Section 2 of Chapter I of Part III of 'The Human...
This is part 2 of 3. Nowadays, of course, the wait for a synthesis is pretty well over. Our molecular biologists who specialize in evolutionary genetics are,...
This is part 3 of 3. At this juncture, then, we can perhaps state that, in Teilhard's estimation, the following constitute points of view validly flowing from...