Comments on: Reductionism and the narrowing of minds http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/reductionism-and-the-narrowing-of-minds/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Andrew http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/reductionism-and-the-narrowing-of-minds/#comment-1780 Andrew Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:01:49 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=1091#comment-1780 The first thing I always ask myself when I read/hear stories like this is: I wonder who the woman was. (And I don't mean that as a jab at any gender, just at the ultimate baseness of human motivation sometimes, despite our rationalizations.) The first thing I always ask myself when I read/hear stories like this is: I wonder who the woman was. (And I don’t mean that as a jab at any gender, just at the ultimate baseness of human motivation sometimes, despite our rationalizations.)

]]> By: Fred Sanders http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/reductionism-and-the-narrowing-of-minds/#comment-1760 Fred Sanders Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:57:24 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=1091#comment-1760 I don't know if you've seen Phillip E. Johnson's discussion of this Wentworth testimony. It's the opening chapter of his book The Wedge of Truth. Phil's leisurely and incisive reading of Wentworth's claims is classic. But he doesn't answer your intriguing question, whatever became of Phil Wentworth? I don’t know if you’ve seen Phillip E. Johnson’s discussion of this Wentworth testimony. It’s the opening chapter of his book The Wedge of Truth. Phil’s leisurely and incisive reading of Wentworth’s claims is classic.

But he doesn’t answer your intriguing question, whatever became of Phil Wentworth?

]]> By: Paul D. http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/reductionism-and-the-narrowing-of-minds/#comment-1753 Paul D. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:21:55 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=1091#comment-1753 <i>Yet would it not make more sense to assume that those who, with the psalmist (e.g., in Psalm 104), take joy in the sheer variety of God’s creation and live their lives accordingly are the open-minded ones?</i> uh, no. {with sarcasm} You mentioned 2 things that by definition cannot be included in a meaningful worldview - Bible and God. Yet would it not make more sense to assume that those who, with the psalmist (e.g., in Psalm 104), take joy in the sheer variety of God’s creation and live their lives accordingly are the open-minded ones?

uh, no. {with sarcasm} You mentioned 2 things that by definition cannot be included in a meaningful worldview – Bible and God.

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