Millikan Links Atheist and Fundamentalist Thought in Religion Talk
Professor Millikan at the United Church argued that atheists and fundamentalists resemble dogmatists, both claiming certain knowledge of the ultimate. He traced religion's evolution from primitive sacrifices to Galileo and Darwin, urging a science informed faith centered on progress, service, and a benevolent universe.
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Religion and science confrontation in modern thought
The text contrasts atheistic materialism with a flexible, evolving religion that adapts to growing knowledge. It argues science embodies rational order, opposes rigid fundamentalism, and envisions a faith that learns from the past, progresses with new truths, and remains central to human progress. It cites Micah on justice and mercy and urges humility in science toward a true God.
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Woman Dies After Kerosenes Fire From Slipping With Matches
Oct 19 Waterbury Mrs Anna Riordan 28 slipped on stairs while carrying a kerosene can and matches. She fell igniting the contents and died before aid arrived. Neighbor Mrs Walter Cole fought the flames with blankets but could not save Riordan. The incident involved Riordan’s husband away at work and her three year old daughter on the top floor.
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Bankers Mistaken for Pair of Thugs in Lynne City
Patrolman Garrant stopped an automobile and arrested William Meron and Edgard Miller of Center Hall Pa. Five rifles and two revolvers were found. In municipal court they claimed they were returning from a hunting trip in the Great Maine woods having bagged two deer. Judge Reeves filed the charges and ordered permits written for the two bankers to avoid further trouble in this state.
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Local Man's Son Honored at Yale
Oct 19 Tiaven Connecticut reports Yale freshman student council announces its 22 members for the coming year. Milford native James Tyler Patterson Jr. joins the council as representative for the class. Patterson, son of James T. Patterson of Cornwall and Patterson company, spent the summer traveling in Europe with fellow students.
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Boy's death sentence set aside in McDowell County Court
In Welch West Virginia Judge Y C Harndon vacated the death sentence of Adam Burress fifteen years old for criminal assault on a girl, ordering a new trial. The reversal cited error by the lower court in excluding evidence about the defendant's age amid protests from children's groups and Gov Gore's reception of them.
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