I agree with Gruss on this one... even with the Big Bang theory one has to wonder "how'd the rock get there in the first place, and what or who triggered the event"
I believe in God, not the neo-con version ($ + power disguised as religion, all for the few not the many) but the God that I grew up with, that my parents taught me about. I also believe there was a man named Jesus who lived in the Middle East and did many, many great things, because he's mentioned in three of the major world religions, and because I *choose* to believe. Whether he was a prophet or the son of God, I don't know, because I *choose* not to take the bible as empirical fact. Watch one of the Discovery Channel shows on the creation of the bible it's eye-opening. But... what is taught in *public* schools should be as close to empirical (sp?) fact as we can get, with established science as a guide. ID is not empirical fact, it is religious conjecture, as such should not be taught in public schools. Either teach your kids ID at home, or find a private school that teaches it. Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:37 am To: CF-Community Subject: Re: More on Bush and Intelligent Design controversy Importance: Low > Marlon wrote: > Sheesh! I thought my response was harsh :) > I'm not trying to be harsh, but anybody that rejects a scientifically derived theory in favor of an arbitrary one is not making good decisions which is the definition of stupid. Let's just take take on the big enchilada - God. What does science say about him? Well, not much, because there's no obvious conclusions that are obtained from multiple lines of inquiry that say he does or doesn't exist. Therefore believing in God doesn't make one stupid. Apply the same logic to evolution and we see that evolution is an inescapable conclusionnderived from multiple lines of inquiry. However, what started evolution is unknown - it could have been ID or something else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167846 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
