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To: ndt
I found plenty of scientists who were also religious, which was what I was talking about in the post you replied to.

You brought up the "science based on religion" argument, not I.

52 posted on 05/21/2007 4:06:20 PM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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To: syriacus
"You brought up the "science based on religion" argument, not I."

You were asked pointedly "why would we consider the opinions of religious people who have no special expertise in things scientific?" to which you replied

"Yes. We need to listen to people with expertise in both fields"

Not only does this not answer the question that was posed to you, but you go on to state that those doing science need to listen to religious folk. Hence my claim that religious dogma has never led to a scientific discovery.

So to reiterate the original question that you never answered, why should science take religious dogma in to account?

"[re: math and Islam] What a funny question to ask out of the blue like that."

It's not at all out of the blue. The Islamic world was the cradle of mathematics and many early mathematicians were Islamic. Your suggesting that scientists need to listen to religious people is like saying that modern mathematicians should consult with an Imam before publishing a new formula.
58 posted on 05/21/2007 7:50:10 PM PDT by ndt
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