Blogs - Reinventing the Sacred

Why I signed up for this discussion

My signing up is maybe best explained by my letter to the Editor of Free Inquiry following my reading of the review of "Reinventing the Sacred" in the latest issue: Dear Editor: It was late the other night of the day the Dec./Jan. issue of Free Inquiry, celebrating thirty years of publication, arrived in my mail box. I thought I would do my usual first-pass through it, noting things of particular interest, spot reading here and there, preparing for the more careful follow-up reading I would do.… Continue

Added by Oren Glick on November 22, 2009 at 12:06am — No Comments

Stuart's book

Hi, I've just finished reading Stuart's book, "Re-inventing The Sacred". The title sounds kinda corny with every-man-and-his-dog using the cool word of the moment "sacred" in all sorts of contexts. i picked it up and read it anyhow. Wow!! Surely it's obvious to most thinking people that the Creator-God sitting outside of everything was always just a temporary story till we got our thinking caps on and grew up. Now we are getting it. Bit by bit by qubit. "God" might not be real but I'm sure min… Continue

Added by Louis Droulers on September 22, 2009 at 4:42pm — 2 Comments

New member

I am not sue why I am here. Please tell me... Continue

Added by Eric Nadler on March 27, 2009 at 2:10am — No Comments

Religious Background?

What do we know about Stuart Kauffman's religious heritage. I am curious as to how this informed his work. Continue

Added by lpseidman on October 10, 2008 at 9:56pm — 2 Comments

My blog

This is my main blog: http://jennyn.livejournal.com Continue

Added by Jenny Nielsen on October 7, 2008 at 10:05pm — No Comments

The socalled environmental crisis is really a cognitive crisis.

The So-Called Environmental Crisis Is Really a Cognitive Crisis. By Olaf Krassnitzky (Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Boston, Massachusetts) Abstract. Measured as threats to humankind, the rate of human-made environmental degradation, such as global warming, air, water, and soil pollution, and the loss of natural habitats and wild life, is accelerating to crisis levels. It is a consequence of the ways in which humans make sense of, u… Continue

Added by Olaf Krassnitzky on August 24, 2008 at 7:29pm — 2 Comments

1 in 4 Canadians recognize themselves as Atheist

Harris/Decima ran an interesting survey May 26, 2008 asking about their religious beliefs. From the paper: - 72% claimed they believe in god, 23% said they do not, and 6% didn't offer an opinion either way The linked pdf has other statistics, and is an interesting survey of Canadian belief structures and contrasts with recent polls in England and the US with regards to belief. Continue

Added by Kelly John Rose on August 15, 2008 at 1:38am — No Comments

A quick one

A mathematician's answer to the question of monotheism. Priest: Do you believe in one God? Mathematician: Yes, but only up to isomorphism! Continue

Added by Kelly John Rose on August 13, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

human adaptation

Adaptation is usually seen as an evolutionary process by which faculties or properties of an organism change to survive and procreate in a given environmental conditions (not tht simple if mate selection is accounted for). There are many instances where such faculties entail activities that change the environment to which the organism is adapting. My favorite examples are beavers and spiders. And then came humans. While their numbers were few, and the weather was good, they did OK as being adapt… Continue

Added by Olaf Krassnitzky on July 31, 2008 at 3:12pm — 3 Comments

What Americans believe

73% of American atheists don’t believe in God. Yes, that’s how devout Americans are. Even quite some atheists believe in God. Continue

Added by Ulrike Reinhard on June 24, 2008 at 7:24am — 4 Comments

I don't believe in the can of coke

Crossposted from my blog at 1337hax0r.com So, I had an interesting epiphany today. About 40 minutes ago, I had the urge to enjoy a can of coke that we had lying around the apartment after dc's family had left town. I went to the fridge, and I did not find any coke in it. I guess we simply drank all of the coke. Now, here's the epiphany though. DC apparently claims to have taken a can of coke from the fridge this mo… Continue

Added by Kelly John Rose on June 2, 2008 at 5:47am — No Comments

question for your book.

I was listening to you on the talk show "Think" this afternoon and was driving and couldn't get to a place where I could phone in to talk with you. You seemed like a nice enough person. But you had me very confused. First you told a little story about God's tree and God's stream then you talk about "Gods" in the plural, then you said you were an atheist (a person who doesn't believe in God...a God or any supernatural being) then to top it off you said that religion was a good thing. I found your… Continue

Added by David Perkins on May 21, 2008 at 10:57pm — 4 Comments

New video with Stuart about Reinventing the Sacred

Last Saturday we were shooting a video in Boston for a conference in Doha, Katar, Stuart won't be able to attend. We think it came out great. What do you think? Let us know!

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Added by Ulrike Reinhard on May 19, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

Love, agency, creativity and emergence, and religion and theology

Stuart wrote: "I want to avoid a supernatural God, reality and its becoming are so awesome that they deserve reverence and awe. One can love this God, but this God is not a creator agent and cannot love back. But giving love invites membership in all that is, care, and stewardship to the best of our limited knowledge in the face of the mystery of what will become." My own theological position as a Quaker and an emerging scientist is pretty much isomorphic with Stuart's basic premises. There bei… Continue

Added by Dave Britton on May 16, 2008 at 11:47pm — No Comments

REENCHANTMENT WITHOUT SUPERNATURALISM

Hello. I've been reading a book by David Ray Griffin, titled REENCHANTMENT WITHOUT SUPERNATURALISM that meshes interestingly with Stuart Kaufman's. I have yet to finish either of the works. I wonder if REINVENTING THE SACRED offers a way beyond reductionism in a clear and fruitful way? I feel that Griffin has a more accessible, understandable and more nuanced source of reflections on this topic of a reenchanted worldview. Thanks for setting up this website. (I've - Ulrike - set this online for… Continue

Added by Ulrike Reinhard on May 13, 2008 at 8:37am — No Comments

Why humanity needs a God of creativity

In the magazine new scientist you will find an article from Stuart about his new book. The article is titled: Why humanity needs a God of creativity. Continue

Added by Ulrike Reinhard on May 12, 2008 at 7:51pm — No Comments

Does science make belief in God obsolete?

The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for discovery in areas engaging life’s biggest questions. These questions range from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to questions on the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness, and creativity. Their vision is derived from John Templeton’s commitment to rigorous scientific research and related scholarship. The Foundation’s motto “How little we know, ho… Continue

Added by Ulrike Reinhard on April 13, 2008 at 9:16pm — No Comments

From our material roots and to moral and society

Hi I come from a working class family. It was politically socialist and atheist. So I been lived all my life atheist. My father, in spite of being worker has been reading a lot sciences and philosophy. My view of the existence is very analytic. I base it on solid ground of physics, chemistry and biology – I have studied too much mathematics in the university as well. I have been very comfortable with this. I think that ethics, respect, love are quite natural part human existence and I don’t ne… Continue

Added by Jukka Tamminen on March 24, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

My main blog

Just so everyone is aware, my main blog is http://1337hax0r.com , however if the need erupts, I will crosspost here as necessary. KJR Continue

Added by Kelly John Rose on March 21, 2008 at 6:57pm — No Comments

The Religious Demand

The phenomena that Stuart has rediscovered were identified by proto-phenomenologist Nishida Kitarō as the religious demand:

The religious demand concerns the self as a whole, the life of the self. It is a demand which the self, while perceiving its relativity and finitude, yearns to attain eternal, true life by uniting with an absolutely infinite power.…The religious demand is a great and unavoidable demand; it is a solemn demand of the will. Religion is a human being's goal, not a

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Added by Mark James Adams on March 20, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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