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To: BMCDA

Oh come on, just because some scientists can be dishonest you propose we trash all of science?


Then why do people throw out all religion just because some preachers are dishonest? Hypocrisy on the part of some people doesn't mean the message is less true. It just means that some people are jerks. Yet people will totally turn their backs on God and religion based on the actions of people instead of finding out for themselves what they should or want to believe. The point I'm making is that the same accusations made at the creationists can be made at evolution and scientists, yet they won't acknowledge it. The attitude is," Well, we know we're telling you the truth." I'm to take that all just on their say so? That requires trust in the scientists that they are telling the truth. No, we don't trash science because some scientists are dishonest, but it takes more than "Because I said so" to convince me.


27 posted on 10/14/2005 7:01:04 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Then why do people throw out all religion just because some preachers are dishonest? Hypocrisy on the part of some people doesn't mean the message is less true. It just means that some people are jerks.

Of course there are people who reject religion for irrational reasons (i.e. dishonest priests) but that doesn't mean that all do. Further, something like dishonest priests or followers of a certain religion can lead a person to reexamine her beliefs which in turn may lead her to reject her current religion or even religion in general. There's nothing irrational about that.

I'm to take that all just on their say so?

No, of course not. And no one expects you to do so.
However, if you follow the crevo threads more closely you will notice that a lot of evidence gets posted (inline as well as links) by the evo side.

That requires trust in the scientists that they are telling the truth.

It's more trust in the scientific method than in individual scientists. Most scientists aren't satisfied with a "Because I said so" answer either so they check the results of their peers and publish their findings if they deviate in any significant way from the original results. And scientists aren't very coy when it comes to exposing the errors of their colleagues, whether they were deliberate or only honest mistakes.

37 posted on 10/14/2005 7:46:00 AM PDT by BMCDA (Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must be silent. -- L. Wittgenstein)
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