On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 04:37:14 GMT, "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com>
wrote:
>"Angilion" <angilion at ypical.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:3d35eb5a.497371 at news.freeserve.net...
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>> A scientist is a person who uses the principles of science to
>> determine *how* things happen. That same person may use
>> religion to satisfy themselves as to *why* things happen.
>>The problem with that position, Angilion, which Jd just touched on, is that
>Christianity IS a science in itself. The Holy Bible didn't sell by the
>billions because it's a fairy tale--it's the purest science on Earth, yet
>here you are relegating it to some form of witchcraft.
Faith is not science. In fact, you could reasonably say that the
two are diametrically opposed. The details of the faith are irrelevant
to that. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Wicca, whatever. They are
all faiths, not science.
You are simply trying to usurp and corrupt the whole idea
of science, obviously because you cannot argue against it.
Attempting to redefine the word "science" and the concept
behind it is the first stage of that process.
Since I "live" in alt.feminism, the obvious parallel is
feminism itself, which usurped and corrupted the
whole idea of sexual equality.
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Always remember you're unique.
Just like everyone else. (Anon)
