tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816993466458431323.post557889285981198317..comments2023-03-03T10:19:50.651-05:00Comments on Reflections of a Catholic Scientist: Top-down to Jesus--On bypassing the road to Damascusduhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742949750689428697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816993466458431323.post-90191911237387720622014-02-08T13:05:53.313-05:002014-02-08T13:05:53.313-05:00This is comment is from Alan, and it was inadverte...This is comment is from Alan, and it was inadvertently deleted. It raises some interesting issues to which I will respond in a full blog:Hi Bob. Am I right in interpreting this as saying that the crux of your conversion process was becoming convinced by Morison that the resurrection was a real physical event of the type claimed by the Catholic Church and that no other possibility is consistent with the existence of the documents that came to be included in the New Testament of the Christian Bible?<br />And if that is the case, would your faith be broken (eg) by the discovery of a document reliably dated to the time of the event which describes the empty tomb as resulting from removal of the body by some interested parties who claim to have relocated it to an as yet unexplored location where on subsequent investigation remains of the appropriate type and date are discovered? <br />Bob Kurlandduhemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742949750689428697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816993466458431323.post-26770923607272446802013-10-29T22:32:22.286-04:002013-10-29T22:32:22.286-04:00David, thank you for your comment. I went to the...David, thank you for your comment. I went to the website, but haven't read the book, so I can't comment on your thoughts, but would like to do so. I will say that the hypothesis of multiverses is interesting and compatible with belief in Deity (see also "Universes" by the philosopher John Leslie), but it isn't science--it can't be verified by experimental evidence. Even the hypothesis of inflation, which Vilenkin has used to justify his version of multiverses, is not altogether justified as science (see Roger Penrose's comments in "The Road to Reality"). Personally, I'm happy with the notion of multiverses or, more specifically, the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, but these are metaphysics or mathematical metaphysics, not science. One can use a multiverse/many-worlds metaphysics to fit with Molinism, i.e. to help solve the knotty problem of free will. Thanks again for your comment.duhemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742949750689428697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816993466458431323.post-64625636046778234972013-10-29T20:47:47.269-04:002013-10-29T20:47:47.269-04:00I'd concur, particularly with your assertion t...I'd concur, particularly with your assertion that faith is well founded in the Real. I would, however, suggest a gentle re-exploration of the implications of multiverse cosmologies. When physicists begin to discover that the depth of being demands mystery, they are inadvertently wandering into a place where faith feels comfortable. Some of my ruminations on the subject are here, if you're interested: http://www.shookfoilbooks.com/page12/index.htmlBeloved Spearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568697883886058321noreply@blogger.com