tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125665476719260381.post6847197587550198179..comments2023-05-18T04:29:51.574-07:00Comments on No Longer Posting Here: Visit -> WWW.THEDAILYRETORT.COM: The Saving Grace of "Saving Leonardo" by Nancy PearceyTor Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14265331662661764814noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125665476719260381.post-14897744309876974442011-04-18T16:43:17.648-07:002011-04-18T16:43:17.648-07:00Tor - great review. These are such important thin...Tor - great review. These are such important things. We rarely think about the worldview filter that shapes how we see everything else.<br /><br />I am an admirer of Nancy Pearcey - she seems to be having a real impact on American culture. As a scientist I loved reading her book Soul of Science.Bill Basenernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125665476719260381.post-25560141634695528392011-04-16T05:42:42.045-07:002011-04-16T05:42:42.045-07:00@Dolly, I really appreciate you taking the time to...@Dolly, I really appreciate you taking the time to read the review and post a comment. I've read two of Pearcey's other books "Total Truth" and "Dance With Deception" - both were very good but "Saving Leonardo" is the best. Interestingly, Pearcey was an avowed agnostic - I think it's important to listen to such intellects who are honest enough to change their entire worldview. Pearcey definitely has something worthwhile to say!Tor Constantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265331662661764814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125665476719260381.post-43492519024988931642011-04-16T05:37:11.078-07:002011-04-16T05:37:11.078-07:00@Mark, thanks for the insight and feedback! Pearce...@Mark, thanks for the insight and feedback! Pearcey's book was the best I read in 2010. However, I did want to read Grand Design - in reviews I've read Hawkings embraces the idea that aliens seeded life on this earth correct? It amazes me that there's less evidence for extra-terrestrial life than God, but many within the science community readily adopt such science fiction as truth. Thanks for popping by!Tor Constantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265331662661764814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125665476719260381.post-3760184411415227532011-04-16T05:11:40.342-07:002011-04-16T05:11:40.342-07:00Very interesting analysis, Tor. It is that "s...Very interesting analysis, Tor. It is that "splitting" effect that gets us in trouble in so many ways. Love this quote - it is the essence of everything: "The only hope lies in a worldview that is rationally defensible, life affirming, and rooted in creation itself." I'm not even sure it needs to be rationally defensible (or can be), but life-affirming and rooted in creation - the glory of life itself - definitely.<br />Cheers, DollyDolly Garlohttp://www.creatinglegacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9125665476719260381.post-7996951794043948722011-04-16T03:53:08.894-07:002011-04-16T03:53:08.894-07:00Great review. The book sounds very interesting!
I...Great review. The book sounds very interesting!<br /><br />I like how you put "facts" in quotes. Because what is being doled out as facts/truth is very misleading. All of Darwin's theories were basically formed looking through a glass darkly; for Darwin had no idea of the intricate complexities of the cell. Microbiology has basically shown how misguided his ideas were concerning cell-complexity, and life.<br /><br />I just got through reading Stephen Hawking's the <i>Grand Design</i> where Hawking has taken it upon himself to dismiss God from the creation of the universe. This is the problem when men of science make statements, for the public automatically assumes these statements are scientific facts.<br /><br />Thanks again for your post. God bless you and yours...<br /><br />Mark<br /><a href="http://www.3-foldcord.com" rel="nofollow"><b>3-foldcord</b></a>Mark@3-fold Cord.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519086057589987319noreply@blogger.com