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To: discostu
You picked a metaphor that was perfect for my position but absolutely worthless for yours.

Again, I think you just don't understand the comparison. When the fathers wrote about the Creeds, it would be line by line. An entire book. But yet, there was that creed, nonetheless. A succinct statement of the Faith. And if you'll recall, the point of that was the suspicion that much could be written about the Faith, so much could be written about a scientific field. And yet in science, people must be clear about what they mean. There is an efficiency in the formulas, and a clarity of definition, if there is. But evolution remain a vague superstition by comparison, as you yourself have demonstrated. Is it science?

550 posted on 01/23/2005 7:56:52 AM PST by sevry
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To: sevry

I understand the comparison fully. A table of contents is a shorthand reference guide to a book, it is not the book itself, it is by no means a complete representation of the book, but will help you to understand and navigate the book. That is an absolute perfect metaphor for the Creeds.

People in science ARE clear about what they mean, but very little of science can be dropped down to one sentence. The goal of science is not efficiency, it's precision and accuracy. All scientific investigation is about coming up with the most accurate and precise explanation of that subject possible, and if that explanation can't be done efficiently well that's too damn bad. The goal is the total truth, a complete understanding accurate in all it's parts, by it's very nature this will not be efficient.

Evolution is not vague, and not a superstition. It is a very young science that has a lot to learn, I haven't demonstrated anything about evolution. I've told you repeatedly that I do not have the background to make a useful statement on the current dominant theories of evolution. I also lack the background to make a useful statement on the current dominant theories of orbital mechanics, doesn't mean either is vague, just means your demanding the wrong answers from the wrong person. Evolution is CLEARLY science, and the fact that the only method you can find to fight it is by making unreasonable demands that NO science could accomplish proves it.


551 posted on 01/23/2005 8:12:13 AM PST by discostu (mime is money)
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