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To: donh

I beg to differ. Certain aspects of science are nothing MORE than matters of faith. Belief in evolution is certainly one of those. It takes faith to continue to believe in that which is, to date, unprovable.


2,796 posted on 12/28/2005 2:18:45 AM PST by 13Sisters76
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To: 13Sisters76

I beg to differ. Certain aspects of science are nothing MORE than matters of faith.

You are not differing with me. All aspects of science are matters of faith. It's just that that faith is vested in inductive reasoning tempered with an intitutionalized cynical rigor.

Belief in evolution is certainly one of those.

As is belief in any scientific theory.

It takes faith to continue to believe in that which is, to date, unprovable.

There is nothing in natural sciences that is provable. Despite all the easily accessable confirming evidence, it is still the THEORY of gravity, and it is still viewed with enough skepticism to have changed it's mind thereby make dramatic changes in our picture of the nature of the universe, within this century, and is currently being viewed with increasing suspicion due to astronomical anomolies.

Science is not at war with faith.

2,805 posted on 12/28/2005 6:01:23 AM PST by donh
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