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To: dax zenos
I am incapable of understanding some science they way others can't understand simple logic.

You don't have to agree with everything a scientist says to be scientifically rigorous. There is an implicit assumption in science that a theory is wrong, at least in the details. As for simple logic, most people who profess to understand it and know how to use it don't. Saying something is true doesn't make it so.

Science is the religion of those educated by atheist.

This is a stupid assertion. I've known plenty of well-educated and intelligent people with religious tendencies, and I've also met a few atheists that were ill-educated and profoundly stupid. This is independent of any religious inclination.

I will grant that people of certain religous persuasions are far more prone to applying inconsistent standards of reason and logic than other religious persuasions (or people lacking religious persuasion), but this appears to be a side-effect of particular religions and personality types. The inconsistent application of any fundamental principle is an egregious character flaw no matter what one is talking about.

364 posted on 02/05/2002 10:10:34 AM PST by tortoise
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