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Re: Be careful what you ask for in case you actually get it (was: slight)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:13:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
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> DaveK, I think it's interesting which things you chose to reiterate beyond
> count. 1) that you think it's OK for all of us to believe whatever we
> believe, 2) that something (God, for one) is beyond the scope of science, 3)
> that you love science, 4) that science is a god, etc. And really, none of it
> is useful.
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> 4) Science isn't a god. Nor a religion. The reasons why have been pointed out
> repeatedly. It is tiresom and damaging to the conversation at hand to keep
> having this thrown out.
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And that point is tiresome for me to point out again, and again, and again,
but I will, because pointing out the truth, as people here may agree--is the
right thing to do.
The *truth* is *I* never said that science *is* a god. I stated, and do so
again, that I offered the following conclusion:
"For those that say *nothing* exists *outside* science--that science can
tell us *everything*--believe science is a god."
It's basic english. Anybody with comprehensional skills of the english
language can see that the above line does *not* in fact, say, "I (Dave K)
believe science is a god"
And if we can't get that much straightened out, well, then, it's a whole
different ball game--people are either being deliberately obtuse, or we're
going to go into Reading Comprehension 101.
Dave K.
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