"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in
news:sn7%8.15863$Fq6.1716093 at news2.west.cox.net:
> "GodEvolved" <nospam at spam.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns92504D88A2659nospamcom at 198.164.200.20...>> "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in
>> news:_HMZ8.8468$Fq6.633114 at news2.west.cox.net:
>>>> > "Angilion" <angilion at ypical.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> > news:3d35eb5a.497371 at news.freeserve.net...>> >> On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 14:05:07 GMT, JDay123 at BellSouth.com (Jd)
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >In alt.education Re: brain sizes: Einstein's and women's,
>> >> >Bob LeChevalier wrote...
>> >> >
>> >> >>The ToE is absolutely silent on the question of a deity, as is
>> >> >>all of science. Whether a person believes that God guides
>> >> >>evolution or not,
>> > they
>> >> >>accept the theory of evolution. Many (evolutionary) scientists
>> >> >>believe
>> > in
>> >> >>God.
>> >> >
>> >> >"All of science" cannot be silent on the question of a diety if
>> >> >many scientists belive in God.
>> >>
>> >> There is a distinction between science and scientists, a very
>> >> large distinction.
>> >>
>> >> Science is silent on the question of a deity, because the whole
>> >> question of a deity is an untestable hypothesis. In any case, a
>> >> deity cannot be explained and is not subject to normal
>> >> restrictions. Science is about discovering how things happen. It
>> >> may be used to predict future events, based on knowledge of how
>> >> things happen (though it appears that the universe is not actually
>> >> deterministic). It may be used to discover what probably happened
>> >> in the past. What it can't do is explain *why* things happen,
>> >> other than in terms of a sequence of events (Z happens because Y
>> >> and X happened). Why things happen isn't a scientific matter.
>> >>
>> >> 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
>>>> No, it sold because piles and piles of Christians went out and told
>> their neighbours: "You will now believe in Jesus Christ or we will
>> put you and your families to the sword."
>>>> I used to believe those jewish fairy tales too, until it was pointed
> out that in 4 centuries of the Spanish Inqisition, fewer jews were
> prosecuted than Americans are prosecuted in ONE day in this country,
> mostly by jewish prosecutors and judges.
That's because, you dumb fucking piece of shit, there are more Americans
alive today than there have ever been Jews.
>> Or that if we'd had a murder rate equivalent to Spain, who kicked out
> the jews and now has a very stable and moral Christian society, that
> just during the 20th Century alone, 800,000 fewer Americans would have
> been murdered. http://christianparty.net/inquisition.htm>> And I can't even recall when was the last time I stabbed a pagan.
And more importantly, can you actually remember when a pagan stabbed *you*?
>> John Knight
>>>>>
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"...What you have to understand, young lady, is that the Greeks, not
content with dominating the culture of the Classical world, are also
responsible for the greatest, some would say the only, work of true
creative imagination produced this century as well. I refer of course to
the Greek ferry timetables. A work of the sublimest fiction. Anyone who
has travelled the Aegean will confirm this..." Professor Watkin - Dirk
Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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