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To: BMCDA;Doctor Stochastic
So, we are just along for the ride and nature is driving us? Hey, we don’t know exactly how we got here or where we are going, but hey, nature has got us this far… we don’t need a reason for everything, just an explanation. (doesn’t even need to be a great explanation)

Since evolution and nature are the driving forces - than everything we do must further it’s cause. No wait, is there a cause? Doesn’t really matter – we can manipulate nature and become it’s god (for lack of a better word).

It seems to me that we have dissected this tree to the point that we have lost sight of the forrest.

731 posted on 03/19/2002 2:33:37 PM PST by Heartlander
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To: Heartlander
Hey, we don’t know exactly how we got here or where we are going...

And I have no problem admitting that. There is still a lot we don't know but to simply postulate a supernatural entity to explain what we don't know isn't very helpful.

735 posted on 03/19/2002 3:01:19 PM PST by BMCDA
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To: Heartlander
...we don’t need a reason for everything, just an explanation....

That's all you get from science: explanations.

747 posted on 03/19/2002 3:28:54 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic
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To: Heartlander
Since evolution and nature are the driving forces - than everything we do must further it's cause.

Do you know the difference between descriptive science and prescriptive ethics?

751 posted on 03/19/2002 3:47:10 PM PST by Lev
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