tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post8396139684106707603..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Michael Crighton reads ChestertonNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-70816434787392345722008-08-20T20:56:00.000-05:002008-08-20T20:56:00.000-05:00Liz: Since you have the book, could you answer the...Liz: Since you have the book, could you answer the question above regarding which Chesterton works are cited, and if any Jaki books are mentioned at the end of NEXT? Thanks!Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-81288817099295224522008-08-20T19:46:00.000-05:002008-08-20T19:46:00.000-05:00I'm about halfway through Next, and I have to say ...I'm about halfway through Next, and I have to say it's pretty scary, especially because some of the non-genetic stuff that happens is all too possible, so it makes you wonder whether the genetic stuff is as well. It also raises all sorts of moral questions about transgenic animals...It's a pretty interesting book, I hope it's really science fiction instead of science future.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127202199834183627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-36910162952657863402008-08-20T14:33:00.000-05:002008-08-20T14:33:00.000-05:00Crichton mentions GKC in the appendix to his novel...Crichton mentions GKC in the appendix to his novel State of Fear too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-3853154037145443572008-08-20T06:42:00.000-05:002008-08-20T06:42:00.000-05:00What two books were mentioned? And were there any ...What two books were mentioned? And were there any by Jaki? Any consideration of Chesterton and evolution should start with the chapter called "Critic of Evolutionism" in Jaki's <I>Chesterton a Seer of Science</I>.<BR/><BR/>And let's remember what GKC wrote in <I>Orthodoxy</I>: "If evolution simply means that a positive thing called an ape turned very slowly into a positive thing called a man, then it is stingless for the most orthodox; for a personal God might just as well do things slowly as quickly, especially if, like the Christian God, he were outside time."<BR/>[CW1:237-8] <BR/><BR/>--Dr. ThursdayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com