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- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:40:45 EST
That is not faith. There is an assumption within the scientific method that
the universe follows certain laws and is orderly in a certain fashion, but that
is based on long and consistent observation. If the universe started to show
itself to be something that no longer followed its own rules in a manner
consistent enough that it could not be the manifestation of mistakes or poor
observation techniques then the use of the scientific method would demand that
the
assumption be abandoned. It might also put an end to the validity of the
scientific method, but there is no reason to believe that is likely to ever
happen.
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Even science depends to some extent on faith: faith that the universe is
orderly, and acts under a set of rules.
Just because it is orderly today doesn't mean it will be orderly tomorrow.
Bob
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There's nothing "scientific" about Marxism.
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Now that really is ridiculous. Religion relies on faith. Those who are
religious fully admit that. Faith is the act of believing a given proposition or
set of propositions without any regard to evidence or reason. That is, if you
have faith that you can walk on air and you step off a cliff you will insist
as you are falling to your death that you are walking on air. Everything
about religion demands an acceptance of its precepts without question or
investigation.
On the other hand, I stand for a scientific view of the world, one in which
truth is determined by looking at the universe around us and experimenting,
that is, investigating. Now, somehow I am accused of being threatened by
ideas that I will never investigate? The absurdity of that position is
incredible.
It is the unquestioning proud-to-be-ignorant attitude of religionists that I
am in opposition to. I am the one who calls for religionists to stop being
threatened by new ideas and start investigating.
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It's because he's threatened by ideas he probably will never investigate.
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I agree with Sharon. Clearly the announcement wasn't
made for people like you and me, not interested, so
why read it and take notice of it? Do you comment on
the other literature discussion groups. If I had read
it, as you did, and noticed Miranda's comment, I would
have understood it to mean "others like ourselves."
She probably saw no need to add those last two words
because she assumed that only those interested in
discussion Christian literature would read the notice.
I'm quite certain that I understand what she means by
content that might be embarrassing to them, too,
without her having to state it.
Sharon's correct, though, that it really isn't
necessary to comment on everything that's posted here,
especially if it doesn't interest you.
Cindy
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> You just have to make a comment each time don't you?
> Sharon
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> When describing the purpose of the new Christian
> literature discussion
> group
> being sponsored by the Accessible World, Miranda
> Borka, the group's
> facilitator, commented, "It is designed to provide
> information about books
> you can share with others without being
> embarrassed by the content, and
> books you yourself just can't put down!
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> I am pretty sure that if I shared that kind of
> content with anyone I would
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