>The fundamental difference though between these two *beliefs* (yes, BOTH are >based on faith!) is that while *time* is evolutionists' 'god', ours is the True >God Almighty!... ;-)
NO NO NO !!!! I am not going to argue the relative merits of evolutionary theory on this forum, but you are totally WRONG when you say both are based on "belief*, in that "I believe that..." does not mean the same thing in both case. When a scientist says he *believes* evolutionary theory to be correct, he means that the evidence for that theory is convincing enough *at the moment* for that theory to be taken as correct. He is still open to having that theory modified or abandoned if experimental evidence comes to light that suggests a more plausible mechanism. The overriding factor is experimental evidence. Everything else must be suborned to this. When a 'creationist' says he *believes* that God created the universe in 6 days, he means that he is divinely inspired that this is the case. He is not open to modifying this theory or abandoning it, because there *can be no* new evidence that would convince him that the Bible is wrong. The overriding factor is what is says in this Book. Everything else must be suborned to this. In one case the word *belief* means a critical judgement on the balance of evidence, in the other a complete conviction that things must be exactly so because a book which is taken as *absolute truth* says so. The meanings implied by the word "belief" are fundamentally different. >>As for the relevence to the Metric System, none, except that it would not help >>our cause to claim that one of the reasons for the US to metricate is that >>we would be fulfilling the programming done on us by extraterrestrial genetic >>engineers ... > >I honestly don't think that I was ever arguing this from that perspective... Indeed you were not. I was referring here to the Extraterrestial Genetic Engineers theory, which would be certainly be leaped upon by those espousing the retention of Colonial Measures to try to paint the metric lobby as part of some lunatic fringe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
