Politics out of the way, now the science
Blog posts have been light here since the election, but this week I'm diving back into politics again -- this time political science.
The annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association is being held at Wilfrid Laurier University, and I'll be roaming through the meetings, filing interesting bits for the paper and this blog from Monday through Wednesday. The program and the lineup of papers looks interesting, and I'm sure we'll be able to gather up some insights about the recent election from the assembled academic minds -- even though the past few years haven't exactly been kind to the mix of politics and academia.
“We have eliminated God from all the processes by which we seek knowledge about ourselves and about our world,” he explained. “God is no longer a factor in our methods. Hence, God is nowhere to be found among our conclusions.”
“We have allowed Almighty God to become eclipsed in our scientific and intellectual life — in higher education, and in our culture in general.”
In such a world, (Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez) said , even believers were expected to live as if God did not exist.
“You will realize very quickly,” he told the (graduating college students), “that in order to participate in the economic, political, and cultural life of our society, you will be asked to essentially conduct yourself as if you don't believe in God.”
Read more... http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/archbishop-gomez-tells-graduates-to-overcome-divorce-of-faith-and-reason/
Posted by: Jim M | May 17, 2011 at 04:42 PM