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(...) Question is, is it still "scientific"? I'd still want to say yes. (...) Alright, fine. Switch the example then (we can play this game for a while yet to come). Suppose we *don't* know the chemical makeup of Halley's Comet, because it gets (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't say anything about science. Science is not the lone venue for evidence. Law, for instance, depends on evidence. In fact, I'd say that all plausibly reasoned decision making proceses have a role for evidence. Chris (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, it's a personal choice. It is also a rejection of faith-based beliefs. What exactly is wrong with you, John? -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Am I *that* transparent? :-) So regarding events prior to the Big Bang, all we have are opinions which may or may not be based upon religion. To say that a Creator started it all or to say that it all just happened are equally neutral. Would (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But Chris, if nothing else, I think we all have ageed that science cannot speak to such matters, so your requiring evidence to support a belief in God is flawed reasoning. -John (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If, for no other reason, you have to respect a man who knows his Python.... <okay, I just cracked *myself* up with that one!> -John (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) *CRASH*!!! Nobody expects the Taxonomic Scale Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and anal retentiveness.....oo...ooo....two chief weapons are surprise, anal retentiveness, and a ruthless devotion to splitting scales....three! (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In an arena of two competing theories, the one that is able to make testable predictions is stronger than and therefore preferable to the one that is not so able. If the theory does not make testable predictions, you can't really perform (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) those times of year. The shortest day of the year and the equinox are natural times for celebrations. Early Christians may have decided to celebrate the coming of their savior at the same time as pagans were celebrating whatever they (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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