The Bible, Idealism, Realism and a Fruitful Discussion
One of my very favorite Medium writers, Graham Pemberton, took the time to do a careful analysis of my effort to create a sort of Theology of (Nearly) Everything. I am honored that he would do this. He asks some questions and makes some comments that call for a response. I direct my responses directly to him but hope that they may be of interest to you.
Graham’s post (all of it reproduced below). My comments are in the quotation brackets.
These are some comments in response to recent articles by Gerald R. Baron. (See the bottom for the four sources.) This article is primarily addressed to him but, as the issues he raises are so interesting, it is worth publishing it for the general Medium readership.
He is engaged in a search for unity, “a worldview that integrates faith, spirituality and science”. I find this very interesting since I’m engaged in a similar search myself, and have much in common with him. However, in this search for a unified worldview, I don’t believe that science, religion and spirituality are enough. I would also include philosophy, psychology (if that is different from science), history, mythology and, very importantly, personal experiences — in effect, just about anything that can help us.
(Absolutely agree. I thought I had mentioned philosophy and…
