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To: PatrickHenry

Religion is based on belief.
Science is based on theories that may ultimately be based on facts, thus creating new facts.

There is a divergence between beliefs and the plodding process of inductive reasoning through postulates and sometimes proofs.

While people are free to belief whatever they want, that does not make it fact any more than any other scientific theory. However, only one has a better chance of being proven, regardless of how a Supreme Deity might have shuffled the deck.

Just my $0.02.


3 posted on 02/21/2005 4:06:29 AM PST by dyed_in_the_wool ("Man's character is his destiny" - Heracleitus)
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To: dyed_in_the_wool
Religion is based on belief.

So is evolution.

Who cares what you "think?" Intelligent design is evidence whether or not you want to accept it. If only the fantasy referred to as "evolution" had as much evidence. Meanwhile, enjoy your sterile worms.

14 posted on 02/21/2005 4:19:46 AM PST by Nephi (Compassionate Conservativism: Sure it's socialism, but what were you gonna do, vote for JFK?)
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To: dyed_in_the_wool
Religion is based on belief ...

What does that mean? Does that mean that the converse ("science," I guess, according to you) is based on "disbelief"? Why believe something that you don't "believe"? Facts are opposite of belief? You don't "believe" "facts"?

Do you believe in something you can't see?

For example, do you believe in logic, or in the scientific method? Show me those things and perhaps I'll believe them too....

36 posted on 02/21/2005 4:33:22 AM PST by Theo
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To: dyed_in_the_wool
"Science is based on theories that may ultimately be based on facts, thus creating new facts."

I've always maintained that "Science" is a language used to describe that which can be measured. Therefore, IMHO any proof of evolution does not automatically disprove "Creation". It would be helpful for some to remember that the Bible is a book of "Theology" not biology. I don't think that the process of cell division was something the the Good Lord was really interested in explaining to us. Maybe that stuff was best if we figured out for our selves. But that's just my $.02-1/2.

91 posted on 02/21/2005 5:59:18 AM PST by Falcon4.0
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To: dyed_in_the_wool

hey, bud... never seen you on a CREVO thread before.


138 posted on 02/21/2005 10:19:03 AM PST by King Prout (Remember John Adam!)
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