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http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000578644-01&pg=e

Quote :

"Position: Mathematics, Physics, and English Faculty; Department of Global Leadership Institution: Handong Global University Location: Korea Date posted: 10/10/2008 The Department of Global Leadership accepts applications for a non-tenure-track faculty position in Mathematics, Physics and English. Applicants for the position must have the following qualifications: - master's degree, have 1+ years of research and teaching experience acknowledged by the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, and have no other disqualifying factors for appointment. - conform to and participate in realizing the university's vision of whole person character education and evangelical Christian faith. - should be able to both view their major field of studies and teach students from a Christian perspective. For more information including necessary credentials, the documents and application procedure, refer to our university homepage at: http://www.handong.edu. Office of Academic Affairs, Handong Global University Heung-Hae, Buk-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Korea 791-708 Tel : +82-54-260-1073 (official in charge: Anna Noh) Fax : +82-54-260-1079 E-mail: anna@handong.edu Homepage: http://www.handong.edu "

I think I had better email Anna Noh and ask her

10/14/2008 10:37:34 AM

LOOK SON, IT'S CALLED BENDING THE TRUTH SUCH THAT IT FITS YOUR RELIGIOUS TEXT OR BENDING YOUR RELIGIOUS TEXT SUCH THAT IT FITS THE TRUTH.

EITHER WAY YOU WIN SON!!!

10/14/2008 10:39:42 AM

beauty and elegance of math and science = God in it

that would be my basis for viewing math and physics from a Christian perpsective


but looking at the university's website, it's aligned with World Vision Korea, a Christian relief org.

http://www.worldvision.or.kr/eng/01about/who_we_are.asp

10/14/2008 10:41:03 AM

in on page 1

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 10:42 AM. Reason : ^that's how i've had it told to me before.]

10/14/2008 10:41:29 AM

Quote :

"beauty and elegance of math and science = God in it"

I can do that, especially since I believe in that.

But it is not necessarily a "Christian" perspective, but moreso a "Divine" perspective. But I guess if you belong to religion [X], you believe religion [X] is the only true religion, and so you view everything from [X]'s perspective.

10/14/2008 10:43:46 AM

and then there's also the reverse view that the beauty and elegance in nature is simply due to math and physics so God isn't in it

just stirring the pot

10/14/2008 10:44:18 AM

Quote :

"if you belong to religion [X], you believe religion [X] is the only true religion, and so you view everything from [X]'s perspective."

EXACTLY, WHICH SHOWS THAT YOU DISTORT EITHER THE TRUTH OR YOUR RELIGION SUCH THAT IT FITS PROPERLY.

AS CHEMBOB SAID, HE THINKS THAT ELEGANCE PROVES GOD, BUT HE DOESN'T MENTION THE SPECIFICS OF HIS RELIGIOUS TEXT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THINGS IN IT OCCUR THAT ARE NOT LOGICAL AND/OR ARE SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE. HE MUST THEN SAY THAT THIS OR THAT IS A METAPHOR, WHICH MEANS THAT HE IS NO LONGER TAKING IT LITERALLY, BUT IS PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH PARTS ARE OR ARE NOT LITERAL.

THIS MEANS THAT HE'S PUTTING HIS OWN SUBJECTIVE IDEAS INTO THE MATTER TO MOLD THE RELIGION TO FIT REALITY, AGAIN PROVING THE ABSURDITY OF IT ALL. IF YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU THINK RANDOM SHIT IN A TEXT MEANS AND WHAT IS AND ISN'T LITERAL, THEN YOU REALLY CAN'T GET ANYTHING FACTUAL OUT OF THE TEXT.

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 10:49 AM. Reason : ]

10/14/2008 10:47:24 AM

ah, yes. everything must be absolutely logical or everything must be completely magical. no way a divine being could set things up to run following logical order and then intervene as he saw necessary. no way man.

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM. Reason : i usually try to stay out of philosophy and theology, but i have time to kill and make you think]

10/14/2008 10:49:20 AM

exactly, River Rat

RAWR RAWR RAWR
I HAD A SHITTY CHILDHOOD IN RURAL NORTH CAROLINA. WHEN I GOT TO SCIENCE AND MATH IT OPENED MY EYES
NO FUCKING WAY THAT THAT STRICT BAPTIST CHURCH I HAD TO GO TO WAS RIGHT ON ANYTHING
GOD'S BEEN SHITTY TO ME ALL MY LIFE
RAWR RAWR RAWR

10/14/2008 10:52:11 AM

Homework assignment:

Write a lab paper on the physics of turning water into wine.

10/14/2008 10:53:36 AM

^see ^^^

10/14/2008 10:55:11 AM

bttt

i found this to be interesting

10/14/2008 3:15:45 PM

BIG BANG!

10/14/2008 3:18:20 PM

paging frosh

10/14/2008 3:23:24 PM

Quote :

"This book revolutionizes the prevailing understanding and teaching of math. The addition of this book is a must for all upper-level Christian school curricula and for college students and adults interested in math or related fields of science and religion. It will serve as a solid refutation for the claim, often made in court, that mathematics is one subject, which cannot be taught from a distinctively Biblical perspective."

Quote :

"Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The relationship between science and religion has long been a tenuous one. Some have worked to put these disciplines in "dialogue" with each other, while others have dismissed any possibility of a collegial relationship. To his credit, Tipler, professor of mathematical physics at Tulane University, attempts the former. He proposes that Christianity can be studied as a science, and its claims, if true, can be empirically proven. "I believe that we have to accept the implications of physical law, whatever these implications are. If they imply the existence of God, well then, God exists." After a cogent description of modern physics, Tipler embarks on a crusade to prove that God exists, that miracles are physically possible and the virgin birth and the bodily resurrection of Jesus do not defy scientific laws. The author's arguments are somewhat intriguing—his knowledge of science seems exhaustive and this may attract other scientists to consider the importance of religion. Many of his theological insights, however, are problematic. Dubbing Christianity a "science" does not automatically make it so, and Tipler seems to dismiss the centuries-old importance of the apophatic tradition in Christianity, that is, approaching the mystical nature of the Divine by positing what cannot be said about God. Tipler's interest in integrating science and religion is noble, but his method is uneven. "

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 3:32 PM. Reason : more]

10/14/2008 3:26:40 PM

so that's where the shit in those emails my mother forwards me comes from...

10/14/2008 3:31:17 PM