Bill-S, you say,
... but I'm not at all sure that a detailed comparison would lend itself to the advancement of this thread in its intended direction.
Not to worry! As a relativist, I can live with uncertainties--yours, mine et al.
Also, as long as it is okay for me to keep on exploring--that is, with the help of evidence-based science, for new knowledge--I do not have to know everything--what absolutists and theocrats call The Truth. Also, I do not have to be right about everything! This is why I like process philosophy and theology--the kind I read about in the writings of Alfred North Whitehead and the Rev. Charles Hartshorne, the popularizer of Whitehead's work--
https://www.google.ca/search?q=alfred+north+whitehead&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mageia:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Whitehead.html==============================
BTW, what IS the "intended direction" of the question posed by this thread?
