[Grovenet] Re: "New Age"

[Eric Canon]

--- Leslie Neyman <res0zspl at verizon.net> wrote:

> I actually believe that science and religion
> are complementary and both
> should be honored by not blurring the
> distinctions between them too much. 

I do, too. The idea that they are exclusive is
ridiculous. If the Bible is read literally, it's
easy to come to the conclusion that science does
not describe our reality. Both the Bible and
science describe our reality, and the *same*
reality. 

Certainly back in the dark and middle ages you
could understand how this could be, but today?!
This amazes me.

> I am currently reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma"
> by Michael Pollan. Very
> disturbing investigation into our food supply
> and the politics
> surrounding/governing it. I have moved away
> from most foods that aren't
> grown relatively locally and this really
> confirms the practice and the
> global consequences if we do otherwise.

Jeane insisted that I watch the movie, "Super
Size It!", and I'm so glad I did. It's about a
guy who eats nothing but McDonald's for thirty
days and what happens to him. Very disturbing
expose' on the fast food industry, and packaged
foods in general. So many of our schools have
sold their food concession to companies that are
only in it to make a profit. The movie spends
some time on what happens when kids who ate this
kind of food in school are given healthful foods
in place of the prepackaged stuff. Guess what:
their behavior and performance changes! For the
better!

It can be said that kids are spoiled today.
Certainly they have too much of everything. They
are also "spoiled" by what they eat. They will
pay a huge price later in life.


> 
> Take care,
> 
> Leslie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:00 PM
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> Subject: [Grovenet] Re: "New Age"
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/9/2006 3:09:55 PM Central
> Daylight Time,
> grovenet-request at rdrop.com writes:
> 
> I know  this sounds New Age-y and I can't
> rationally explain it, but I know it's  true
> for me.
> 
> 
> 
> You're speaking my language, Leslie, and
> neither of us should feel  a need
> to
> apologize for "unscientific" ideas...so many of
> which have become, or  are
> becoming, mainstream since that term was coined
> in what...the late '60s?
> Even
> your own profession, acupuncture, was
> considered "far out" when it was
> first
> introduced to the Western world.
> (My daughter swears by it, incidentally, and so
> did my elder  sister.) Now
> even a conservative city like Memphis has
> acupuncturists, as well  as
> massage
> therapists and alternative medicine
> practictioners.
> 
> Like you, I require greenery and trees --
> perhaps from growing up  in what
> was then called "The Hardwood Capitol of the
> World."  My affinity  for
> unflat
> terrain and clear water comes from my travels,
> though, not my  childhood
> memories, and in my personal definitions of
> beauty.
> 
> I also enjoyed "What the Bleep Do We Know?"
> especially since much  of it
> deals with concepts expressed in modern quantum
> theories that my puny  brain
> has
> difficulty grasping. Two of the best books I've
> read in recent years  are
> written by English physicist David Darling:
> "Zen Physics" and "Soul Search."
> Fascinating stuff.  And Emoto's book? His
> experiments may yet be
> duplicated, and
> improved upon. The philosophy behind his ideas
> make a great deal  of sense
> to
> me, and the photos of water crystals are
> awesome.
> 
> More and more, over time, I see the convergence
> of widely different
> disciplines, with science and religion finding
> common ground in  unexpected
> ways. I
> find this exciting, and hope I live long enough
> to witness  even more
> profound
> breakthroughs in human knowledge.
> 
> Joy
> 
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