Co-Inventor of Laser Strikes blow at naturalism.

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    Co-Inventor of the Laser and former nobel prize winning physist strikes blow at naturalism in a news story provided by Yahoo News.

    In the story Towne's is quoted as saying:

    "If you look at what religion is all about, it's trying to understand the purpose and meaning of our universe," he said in a telephone interview from New York this week. "Science tries to understand function and structures. If there is any meaning, structure will have a lot to do with any meaning. In the long run they must come together."


    Townes said that it was "extremely unlikely" that the laws of physics that led to life on Earth were accidental.

    Read the entire article here:

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050310/ts_latimes/physicistwinsspiritualityprize
     
    Phillip, Mar 11, 2005
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    If my memory is correct I read a story years ago about Townes' response to a question about origins. He simply stated: "And God said let there be light".
     
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    Phillip, Mar 11, 2005
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  4. mioque New Member

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    Phillip
    A sub-movement within Nudism is also called Naturalism...
    After that little misinterpretation on my part the actual content of this thread is almost a bit dull. ;)
     
    mioque, Mar 12, 2005
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  5. Lacy Evans New Member

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    Not a whole lot going on up in the Netherlands, huh?

    Lacy
     
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    No Mioque,

    The subgroup is called naturism! And its great!
     
    Paul33, Mar 13, 2005
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    Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
     
    James_Newman, Mar 13, 2005
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  8. mioque New Member

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    Paul33
    You are absolutely right. I heard an item about them once on the radio a couple of years ago. Misremembered the name.


    ...you are one of them aren't you?

    Lacy
    "Not a whole lot going on up in the Netherlands, huh?"
    "
    Most boring country in the world.
    Half the time I suspect that everything you have heard in the USA about the Netherlands since the early 70's has been carefully staged by the Dutch government to make the country look less dull.
     
    mioque, Mar 14, 2005
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  9. Lacy Evans New Member

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    Mioque,
    The older I get (41) the more and more "boring" appeals to me. I don't have much use for nudists with lasers. :eek:

    Lacy
     
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  10. Paul33 New Member

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    Mioque

    Now I couldn't admit that on Baptist Board, could I? ;)
     
    Paul33, Mar 14, 2005
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  11. mioque New Member

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    Lacy
    I fully agree with you.

    Paul33
    I think I've admitted to worse things than that around here. Ofcourse others may disagree.
     
    mioque, Mar 15, 2005
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