Re: Constructed Religions

On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Padraic Brown wrote:
> > Yep.  That's precisely and succinctly how a man of science can also be man
> > of god: he understands the limits and reaches of each.
>
> A good analogy I read somewhere: To answer the question "why is the pot
> boiling", one can say "I am going to make some tea", or one could answer
> "Electricity flows through the coils, the resistance of which generates
> heat ..." and so on.  Both explanations are perfectly correct.
Not to replicate the lengthy discussions on this how vs. why business
recently on the philosophy newsgroups, but I think the latter more easily
answers the 'how' question by providing the means through which a thing
comes to pass.  Otherwise, both answers are indeed correct.  Unless you
have a gas stove...or wood...or a replimat... ;-)

Padraic.

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