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Code of the Lifemaker
Posted on: 12/09/2006 16:39
Speaking of science fiction, has anyone ever read this early 80's (I think) book by James Hogan?
A great take on science and religion and a real hoot in places. Complete with commandments carved in ice and slight of hand miracles. When the crescent wrench became a stand in for the cross I almost died.
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MadMonk
Posted on: 12/09/2006 16:51
I haven't Golden Rule. My science fiction reading at the moment is:
Revenge of the Sith (the novel) < - - Seriously!
You still haven't changed your picture. Or shaved.
Warmly,
MM
WideOpen
Posted on: 12/09/2006 18:23
Science Ficton has always interested me. However for some reason, I can't seem to read it that well in book form, and I read a lot but I love the movies and the imagination of it. Speaks to me of how little we know about the mysteries of the mind!!!
Nice to have an easy discussion..thanks guys and Mad Monk you look like you could use a good shave as wel. Wish I knew how to put pictures on this thing...
jw
Posted on: 12/10/2006 06:18
No, I've not read it, I'll look for it next time I'm in the used book store.
SF has a long tradition of asking interesting questions and proposing alternate solutions to the concepts of life, including God. In many ways, SF is the Devil's Advocate for religion.
Thus, Chaulker can have God be a short, whiskey swilling, cigar smoking, porn reading, bar fighting Jewish ship's captain and pull it off it in a way that COULD, in theory, fill all of the "stuff" of the three Abrahamic religions.
Good SF should force one to ask "Why do I believe as I believe?" This type of thinking is worthwhile as it sharpens the senses and helps to clarify one's thinking.