Not being a scientist, Fr. Ivo is mistaken in his views about me as a scientist and about science. Since he is not a scientist he is not able to recognize what is nonsense in science. He is not able to understand that there is no such thing as absolutizing science, because science does not claim to know the absolute truth.
He also does not appear to know the meaning of scientific agnosticism. Scientific agnosticism means lack of knowledge. Therefore, a scientific agnostic can never be an absolutist. He fails to grasp the concept of alternative hypotheses in science - the fact that science treats several mutually exclusive explanations as potentially true, and that evidence would show that only one of them is true, or none at all. Under no condition can they all be true. For the above reasons, and since he is also not able to comprehend the meaning of scientific skepticism Fr. Ivo is making the bogus claim that I have attacked Christian religion in my recent posts. Finally, not being a scientist Fr. Ivo fails to recognize when religious views amount to nonsense in science, e. g. the anti-evolutionary views of Nigel Britto. That is also why he mistakenly believes that I have attacked the Christian religion. Cheers, Santosh --- "Fr. Ivo da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You should know that I am not discussing with you > scientific views, but > >trying to 'relativize' your 'absolutizing' > scientific hypotheses and > >theories with the help of scientists only. The > authors of those theories > >themselves admit that their theories are unable to > account for all the > >complexities of the Universe. But you claim to be > an 'agnostic' and > >'indifferent' regarding Religion, yet you are > attacking Christian Religion > >(and all 'beliefs') in the name of Science. That is > the difference... > > .............................................. > > >*Agreed. But precisely that is your problem. You > cannot understand what is > >"nonsense" in Religion because Science limits your > knowledge of the > >Universe and of Man... >
