[sparklite2]

When that passion is overtaken by an unceasing desire for scientific truth to replace transcendent Truth,
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That’s another thing I’ve noticed. The scientific method is sufficient to power a civilization, cure diseases, put landers on another planet. But when it bumps up against the teachings of ancient desert dwellers, science has to give way. Sorry, no sale.

[aspasia]

ancient dessert dwellers—we love them! They have happy nookie with animals, OK! Baby animals!

[JGT]

Science cannot be your sole guide to universality, especially given the fact that it is subject to the human passions (as you yourself stated). What if this “objective” rationalized science says that the redistribution of income is the most efficient and effective remedy for curing poverty? You are giving the human foundation of scientism far too much credit. Your scientism can give rationalistic explanations, but it cannot tell why one is “better” or more moral than another. That is the fatal flaw in blind obedience to the god of science.

[itsahoot]

But when it bumps up against the teachings of ancient desert dwellers, science has to give way. Sorry, no sale.

D@mn straight we want to be free to identify as any race or sex.

[Boogieman]

“But when it bumps up against the teachings of ancient desert dwellers, science has to give way. Sorry, no sale.”

This is simply a misapplication of science to fields of knowledge that by definition it cannot apply to. It is rejected not because science is wrong, but because the application is wrong.