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To: Alamo-Girl

However, things — real or otherwise — that cannot be studied by the methods of science, will never be anything more than personal experience and personal testimony.

I’m not going to argue that personaly testimony is automatically false of worthless, but I will point out that it is the kind of knowledge that is used to rationalize feuds and wars.

If you cannot study, for example, the diffence between Christianity and Islam in way that is convincing to everyone, you will have endless strife.

The findings of science are limited in scope, but they are found the same by everyone who applies the methods of science, regardless of race, religion, nationality or politics.


466 posted on 01/05/2009 2:32:45 PM PST by js1138
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To: js1138; Alamo-Girl
The findings of science are limited in scope, but they are found the same by everyone who applies the methods of science, regardless of race, religion, nationality or politics.

Global warming.....

468 posted on 01/05/2009 2:45:42 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: js1138; metmom; betty boop
Thank you for your reply! It stands in evidence of the very point I have been making.

From your aspect:

"However, things — real or otherwise — that cannot be studied by the methods of science, will never be anything more than personal experience and personal testimony."

Conversely, from mine:

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. - I Corinthians 2:6-16

To God be the glory!

647 posted on 01/05/2009 9:19:47 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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