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Posted by Dr. Bob on December 15, 2002, at 21:58:10
[Posted by fachad on December 15, 2002, at 16:33:32
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20021001/msgs/1399.html]
> "However, have you ever tried to sell your $160 text book to next year's college student? Lucky if you get $3.00. Why? Because it is out-dated as soon as it is written. Now, take the Bible............"
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> That very thing is one of the greatest strengths of science - it is revisable.
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> Unlike religious dogmas, which are kept the same forever, without evidence or even if contradictory evidence emerges, science is constantly making corrections in it's teachings to accommodate new evidence.
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> Science admits its errors and tries to correct them, because it is an effort to find the truth. Science would rather have one of its teachings abandoned if new evidence shows that it was mistaken.
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> Now, take the Bible...or other religious dogmas, on the other hand. I think it's fair to say that religionists in general do not foster that same attitude found in science of admitting that they were wrong about something.
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> Seeking truth above all else, even if it contradicts what is printed in their textbook (the Bible) is not typically seen in the clergy the way it is seen in research scientists.
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> And that is why I put my "faith" in science, and am very skeptical of religious dogmas.
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Posted by OddipusRex on December 16, 2002, at 9:45:54
In reply to Outdated or The Beauty of Revisability « fachad, posted by Dr. Bob on December 15, 2002, at 21:58:10
> [Posted by fachad on December 15, 2002, at 16 I think it's fair to say that religionists in general do not foster that same attitude found in science of admitting that they were wrong about something.
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> > Seeking truth above all else, even if it contradicts what is printed in their textbook (the Bible) is not typically seen in the clergy the way it is seen in research scientists.
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Of course there are always exceptions..............
VICAR TELLS KIDS RUDOLPH AND SANTA ARE DEAD
LONDON (Reuters) - A vicar has reduced young children to tears and stunned their parents after he said Santa Claus and his reindeer would burn to a crisp while delivering presents at supersonic speed.
Stand-in vicar Lee Rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of kids when he joked in his carol service sermon that Santa and his reindeer would burn up doing 3,000 times the speed of sound as they delivered gifts to 91.8 million homes.
"I am mortified and appreciate that I have put some parents in a difficult position with a lot of explaining to do," Rayfield told Wednesday's Daily Telegraph. "I love Christmas."
Newspapers said many children at the school service at St Mary's Church in Maidenhead, Berkshire, were distraught when Rayfield pointed out that it was logically impossible for one man and his sleigh to deliver 378 million presents in just 31 hours.
"There were a lot of children there who still believe in Santa Claus, or did so until last night," Sue Smee, who attended the service with her five- and nine-year-old sons, told the Daily Mirror. "It has left us parents with a lot of explaining to do today," she added.
..............hee hee hee Sorry if I interrupted a serious discussion. I don't think science is the
way to ultimate truth but Bob doesn't want my beliefs on his boards so I won't elaborate :)
Posted by Dinah on December 16, 2002, at 21:39:46
In reply to Outdated or The Beauty of Revisability « fachad, posted by Dr. Bob on December 15, 2002, at 21:58:10
Don't you believe in timeless truths? Humans haven't changed all that much over the years. A little time spent with ancient literature shows that we're still concerned with the same things as we were then. And wisdom isn't the same as knowledge.
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