Great point, Mike. I appreciate your viewpoint on this. The way evolution is presented is as a belief, as if it were a religion itself that denies the possible validity of other religions.
- Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:53 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Letter to dangerous bible nutz Right. God is not science and theory is not fact. The problem, as I see it is that teachers and scientists are presenting things like evolution as fact without explaining that it is a theory that may have evidence to support it but can be modified as new evidence comes to light. As such, it is presented as a foil for religion where only one can be correct. Either God created life in whatever way or it evolved over time. Science as fact denies God. Science as theory does not. Science done right says that "God may or may not exist and may or may not control things like evolution, but it's outside of the discussion". Few present science that way. If they did, it would avoid many fights. This is of course besides the original point of people pushing religion as science, which I'm against. I'm for truth in presentation. > Actually Michael, the idea of God and or its/his/her existence has > nothing to do with science. Its an unmeasurable and as such is beyond > scientific research. We can measure belief, effects of religiosity > etc, but for the existence of a deity, that's philosophy, not science. > > larry > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:53:32 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That there is a God. It's a theory that science doesn't want to admit as > a > > theory at the same time as they push theory as fact. > > > > > > so you think they should present only one theory? the theory of > > > evolution? > > > > why not present both and let the students decide? > > > > > > > > > Both? What would the other theory be? > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140039 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
