[StJacques]

". . . But I must add just one more thing, unrelated to the above discussion. And that is the idea that people (I gather you’re suggesting I’m one of them) come to science to validate their faith in God. . . ."

I forgot to respond to this point in my last post. Actually, I was NOT suggesting that you were one of those looking to science to validate your faith. I was speaking to Patrick Henry in response to his comments on posts #258 and #261, in which he addressed the issue as a larger problem with these kinds of debates, and he did not attach his criticism to anyone in particular either.

I've reviewed the language I used to see if my remarks could have been interpreted in the way you took them and, in a moment of self-criticism I believe I would have been better advised to have included a dependent clause along the lines of "a mistake that does not apply to those present in this discussion" or something similar. I pinged you and others because I had earlier discussed the primacy of Morality and Ethics as substantiating belief in God, and it is this to which Patrick responded, so I wanted to keep you in the loop. I apologize if I have given any offense as a result.

[StJacques]

Let me correct something I just posted. I wrote about pinging you on my response to Patrick, which I had assumed was what led you to believe that I attached the charge to you. I just reviewed that post and I notice that I did not ping you. It's been a few days since then and I'm hoping I was trying to be careful by just responding to Patrick. But once again, I meant no offense.