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To: js1138
As for atheists, I will only say that I bet they are more likely to make good scientists than people who sign a pledge that all scientific findings must agree with a literal reading of the Bible.

Like Dawkins, for example?

Or maybe Einstein who actually added a fudge factor, called the *cosmological constant* to his calculations to make them the equations fit the theory instead of altering the theory to fit the data? And who didn't do anything about it until hard data provided by Hubble FORCED him to recant?

700 posted on 08/13/2008 5:58:54 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Or maybe Einstein who actually added a fudge factor, called the *cosmological constant* to his calculations to make them the equations fit the theory instead of altering the theory to fit the data? And who didn't do anything about it until hard data provided by Hubble FORCED him to recant?

Turned out he was more nearly right the first time.

As for Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene" is #714 at Amazon after thirty years, selling for $10.85 in paperback.

Behe's "Edge of Evolution is #10,635 after one year and selling for $6.99 in hardback.

703 posted on 08/13/2008 6:12:40 PM PDT by js1138
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