Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. Very early on in Chapter II of Part III of 'The Human Phenomenon', Teilhard presents us with a diagram which has...
This is part 3 of 3. Certainly, in pre-Neolithic times, hunter-gatherer peoples socialized within their own bands and with neighbouring bands, but the range of...
Hello everybody. This is my first post on this group, and I'm very happy to be joining a group of people who share the same interest in Pierre Teilhard de...
Hello John, Welcome to our group. I hope you will find your participation with us beneficial. It was interesting to read the quotes you provided from Cardinal ...
Hi Brian, Thanks for the welcome. Yes, that is very much the point I am making: That Teilhard is alive and well in the Church, but in a strange relationship...
The Vatican is hosting a conference on Evolution in March - http://www.zenit.org/article-23664?l=english One of the talks will be on Teilhard's theological...
Hi David, Interesting, I didn't know about that conference. That would be fascinating to attend. I imagine there will be some sparks flying there, to say the ...
i had always thought that the catholic church is an opportunistic and cunning religious organization. at a time when rationalism and secularism is on the rise,...
David, John, Lovell Here is something the Catholic Church has been contemplating for ~2000 years with more explicit pronouncements by: Thomas Acquinas ...
Well I agree there are some nutcases in the church. But nonetheless there is a glimmer of hope so long as there are those with open minds at the helm and in...
Dear All&One, Dear John, welcome in my universe(*), I suppose that you could find interest in this post as long as you are interested in the actual state of...
Hi Folks It is important to listen to these two songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHyv3rRHsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UmF3iRrkU4 Feel the power in...
While the Church obviously has to adapt to having a completely different role in public life than it has in the past, the history of the Church is often...
Hello Brian S. (and all): Thanks for your comments, Brian. I concur that while it is certainly legitimate to criticize where criticism is due, it is also...
Right, and we have to remember that getting rid of the Church in society won't get rid of abuses. We will still have orthodoxies, still have 'witch hunts', and...
Albert Einstein said, "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." We are now in a position to solve Einstein’s puzzle. As...
Good material for Darw. Can I post this? In a message dated 1/22/2009 12:29:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, hucklebird@... writes: Albert Einstein said,...
Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. I now begin my review of Section 1 of Chapter II of Part III of 'The Human Phenomenon'. Teilhard entitles this section...
This is part 2 of 3. At this juncture, the Jesuit scientist begins to speak in some detail about two collections of human fossils, from the lower part of the...
This is par 3 of 3. At this juncture, the Jesuit scientist goes into a little more detail apropos of the anatomy of the prehominids. In this connection he...
The tendency to search for causes can become an affliction, when causation and determinism is declared absolute. The search for causes must come to an end when...
In my view, we let our affections attach ourselves to things, theories and people. Life is found attached to such things, and life fights back when it is time...
Dear All&One, finally I've decided to present, as first approach to the book, the biography in the cover, the opening quote and the Acknowledgment page. I've...
Hello everyone, This is part 1 of 3. I now continue with my review of Section 1 of Chapter II of Part III of 'The Human Phenomenon'. This section deals with...
This is part 2 of 3. In terms of a zoological verticil, even though the prehominids appear to have been localized 'on the extreme border of eastern Asia',...
This is part 3 of 3. What Teilhard seems to be proposing, if I have understood him aright, is that the peduncle (or beginning) of thinking life, by way of a...
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