RUMINATIONS ON RUSE AND RELIGION |
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| Authors: | George C. Williams |
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| Affiliation: | George C. Williams is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. I am in general agreement with Ruse on most religious and scientific issues but find little justification in his partial return to Christianity. His rejection of the literal interpretation of certain "Jewish myths," once started, can logically end only with the rejection of all the important content of both Old and New Testaments. His recognition that religious establishments have been responsible for much personal stress and many of history's great tragedies is understated. |
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| Keywords: | Bible Christianity Gospels Jesus Judaism morality myth Michael Ruse |
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