To: MacDorcha
1) its lasted longest.
Argumentum ad antiquitatem. The age of a belief has no bearing on its truth value.
2) its supported by obsevations made by scientists.
Examples of these observations?
3) it isnt a myth,
So you say. Why should I believe you and not someone else's claim?
it may have been Man's limited understanding when the Book was written, but it is NOT a myth. a myth is easy to disprove (Atlas holding the world up is a myth, we see no Atlas after going around the world)
The definition of "myth" does not include "easy to disprove".
the best term a reasoning scientist can conclude to use for Creationists (esp Judeo-Christians) is a "theory"
Theory? If it's a theory, then you should be able to explain what it states, what it predicts, how it can be tested (along with observations from these tests) and how it can be falsified. Please feel free to provide this information. No creationist has yet addressed this issue despite it being brought up numerous times.
the real term is "Faith," or even "Truth"
Faith, yes. Truth, no.
the reason being, things happen that cannont be explained by what is before us.
That's why we keep looking for answers rather than giving up and assuming that it just has to be of divine origin.
we also accept that with every answer comes more questions. we know (to a limited extent) HOW, but what about WHY, or WHERE, or even WHO/WHAT?
Okay. What has this to do with the discussion?
if science is so perfect at explaining away things, why is it not ok to kill another man in cold blood?
Huh? Science has nothing to do with ethics or morals. Science cannot tell you why murder, rape or theft is "wrong". Science is not proscriptive or prescriptive, science is merely descriptive.
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07/05/2004 2:44:44 PM PDT by
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To: Dimensio
"Huh? Science has nothing to do with ethics or morals. Science cannot tell you why murder, rape or theft is "wrong". Science is not proscriptive or prescriptive, science is merely descriptive."
and for all the picking apart of my post, you came to the correct conclusion. science is amoral. it has no reason but reason itself. humans act in unreasonable ways all the time. you may call this chaos, but chaos doesnt have a soul. i do.
we all have the Divine Spark. deal with it.
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