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To: CarolinaGuitarman; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; puroresu
Is that a joke?

No, it's not a joke. Science from a theistic or atheistic point of view is never entirely testable or falsifiable. To that extent "neither can be chosen over the other" as absolutely determinative of objective reality.

Both, OTH, present the observer with a different way of going at the evidence and explaining it, and thus the observer is left with more than one choice. He can blindly choose one or the other, or he can weigh the evidence from one or the other and then choose. Neither should suffer the federal government to tell them their point of view is not worthy of consideration in a scientific forum. That is why I welcome both atheistic and theistic science in public schools. And yes, the two approaches tend to commingle despite their polar foundations. That's okay. 1s and 0s commingle too, with wonderful results.

861 posted on 01/05/2006 5:11:25 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew
"Science from a theistic or atheistic point of view is never entirely testable or falsifiable."

Science doesn't operate from a theistic or an atheistic point of view, it operates from an agnostic point of view. You JUST admitted before that there was no way to chose between explaining things with God or without God from the evidence. THAT is what being agnostic means. God is OUTSIDE the scope of scientific examination.

"To that extent "neither can be chosen over the other" as absolutely determinative of objective reality."

"Both, OTH, present the observer with a different way of going at the evidence and explaining it, and thus the observer is left with more than one choice. He can blindly choose one or the other, or he can weigh the evidence from one or the other and then choose."

What good is having more than one choice if there isn't a way to decide between them?? How does one *weigh the evidence* if there is no scale to weigh it on? You are twisting and turning your argument into a pretzel. You are making logically incompatible statements.

"That is why I welcome both atheistic and theistic science in public schools."

No such science exists.
863 posted on 01/05/2006 5:21:08 PM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Actually, the more science delves into such things as quantum mechanics, the more convinced I am of God's existence.


864 posted on 01/05/2006 5:21:37 PM PST by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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