William Atkins
Saturday, 17 May 2008 20:14
Opinion and Analysis
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The contributors, it is stated, “
… range from the avowedly atheistic Christopher Hitchens to Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, lead editor of the catechism of the Catholic Church.
Included in the discussions are scholars and scientists such as: a psychologist, Dominican friar, physicist, philosopher, neurologist, priest, astronomer, medical doctor, and biologist.
Some of their quick answers to the question are: “
Yes, if by…”, “
No and yes”, “
Absolutely not!”, “
Not necessarily”, and “
Of course not”.
Obviously, you will see various answers. And a quite interesting discussion from each thinker's perspective.
Many readers have offered their comments, too.
What do you think?
All of the short essays, and comments by readers, are found on the John Templeton Foundation website “
A Templeton Conversation.”
I thought this was a very interesting collection of essays, and wanted to pass them on to you.