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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Dunno. Should we ridicule those who think God does?
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Should we ridicule those who introduce untestable ideas into a scientific discussion? No, but they should be sarcastically told
"Thanks, pal. That really helps move the ball on this problem".
Science is problem solving. Simply saying "God's will!" may offer some comfort, but it does not move the ball.
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Is that better or worse than using our imagination to dream up an answer?
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Solutions come from imagination. Using a scientific approach ideas are tested and the poor ones are discarded or modified. The gaps are identified and hopefully filled in later.
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
even intro to Physics is a year long course. Any particular part? Maybe one that directly contradicts a portion of the bible?
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Certainly all physics students learn E=mc^2 at some point. Should we not include a discussion of how there may be an intelligent designer who is holding subatomic particles together in a non-Einsteinian fashion? Shouldn't we present all views? In economics shouldn't we discuss how an intelligent desiger controls the markets? We don't and you know why? It's lazy and sloppy science.
Regarding the bible, shouldn't we be equally outraged at all unprovable ideas regardless of whether they contradict the bible? And what is so contradictory anyway? "God made the animals". How he did it is theologically irrelevant, but scientifically interesting.
What exactly is the hangup? Creation in six days? Making Adam from dust?
Maybe the theory you really have a problem with is not evolution, but rather "abiogenesis", which is the theory that life can arise spontaneously from non-life molecules under proper conditions.
Evolution is just a theory, but it's a useful theory. It's used every time a scientist compares the amino acid sequences of a protein from different species. Abiogenesis? Well, that's just to tweak the bible-thumpers. If you want to wage a war on abiogenesis I'm on board.
