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Old 06-30-08, 12:21 AM   #119 (permalink)
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Re: ID & Religion

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Exactly the one you called primitive and flawed

I don’t. I have no beliefs in the field of science, none, zero, zilch.
Not even the slightest belief? I've not asking if you would not change your opinion based on reasonable counter evidence. I'm merely asking you whether you find it the most rational and logical conclusion given the data is true.

I don't believe anyone should be steadfast believer in most beliefs. One should always have an open mind but nonetheless be wary of the absurdity of nihilism and extreme skepticism. I call it "provisional consent".

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Nobody knows the cause of gravity, neither Newton, nor Einstein, no myself, I guess you do.
No one has claimed to know the ROOT cause. Most will only claim that their are relations and patterns within observable reality.

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The empirical evidence of the movements of the sun and the planets leads to the logical explanation of god Ra driving his horses etc.
Yes, but using Ra as an explanation is a crude explanation just as the Flying Spaghetti monster is. Is it plausible? Sure it is! But it creates more holes and further questions than it solves and does not conform to cumulative knowledge of our time.

Simply put, that type of explanation is near the back of the line for reasons I really shouldn't (but I will if needed) have to explain.

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As I have to see planets turning around the sun I have to see species turning into another species and write mathematical formulas describing the movements of the species and do all other things the scientific methods tells me to do without even asking causes of such a movement of species until I observe the causes.
By such a methodology one is limited to first hand observable reality. Science demands no such thing. Science only demands that evidence conform to the hypothesis to qualify as "supported".

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This time I don’t. I find this post of yours to be mature and inquiring in a very good part of it. What did happen?
So far so good.
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