Larry's thoughts on this should be required reading (and understanding)....I'd posit that religion's fear of science doesn't necessarily stem from the misunderstanding that science destroys God. As we've said repeatedly, it makes no statement on God.
However, what it DOES do, in some instances, is debunk some of the fanciful stories that many people have associated with God for centuries. The best example is simply the creation story. Evolution says point blank, without a doubt, "we evolved from apes". This runs counter to Genesis. I think that these people take science's disproving of a HUMAN generated story about God, as an attack on God himself. > In terms of experimental science, a deity is not relevant. In other > words, to show a reproducible result in an experiment, lets say to > produce hydrogen gas from water, an appeal to a deity should not be > necessary. When you need god to explain something, its no longer > science. Essentially science is agnostic. It does not know whether > there is or is not a god. To achieve reproducability and prediction it > is not required. > > Moreover, in term of evolutionary theory, how life started is not > relevant. Biological evolution is a change in the genetic > characteristics of a population over time. That this happens is a > fact. Biological evolution also refers to the common descent of living > organisms from shared ancestors. The evidence for historical evolution > -- genetic, fossil, anatomical, etc. -- is so overwhelming that it is > also considered a fact. The theory of evolution describes the > mechanisms that cause evolution. So evolution is both a fact and a > theory. Its observed in the lab, in nature, and in computer science > (look up genetic algorithms). > > I also think you're wrong about how science presents Dieism. Generally > from what I've read in the debate your characterization of science > being atheistic and determined to force atheism down everyone's > throats is completely incorrect. If anything its a common method used > by the creatinist pardon creationist side to attack modern science. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140059 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
