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    Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —John Neal
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) And this may be the crux of my problem with Science. Science categorically denies the existence of anything it cannot investigate. It requires proof, something that is categorically (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —Dave Schuler
     (...) I'm not comfortable with the capital "S," by the way, but I suppose that's a stylistic choice rather than a deification of "Science." But I digress... I think that that's a mischaracterization, though. Regarding something that it can't (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
    
         Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —John Neal
     (...) It sort of bugs me when people who are referring to God not capitalize it in an attempt to somehow disacknowledge His existence, but I digress (and demote "Science" to "science") (...) I like Lenny's statement, but I think there is much (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
    
         Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —Dave Schuler
     (...) Oops! Did I do that? If so, I didn't mean to--sorry! I usually try to refer to the Christian deity as capital-G "God," but I know that I've sometimes included him in the rhetorical group lower-case-g "gods." I try to use the latter reference (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —Leonard Hoffman
   (...) "Where one cannot speak, there one must be silent." Here, we are confusing the scientific attitude with the attitude of scientists. Science doesn't take a stand on God, since the very idea, as you point out, is beyond the scope of science. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —John Neal
   (...) Sounds wise. Therefore, let science be silent on the matter of the origin of the universe. (...) But so is the origin of the universe! (which is my whole point!) (...) Only if you are claiming that they are not physical. (...) There is no (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —Leonard Hoffman
     (...) I don't make a statement about the origin. My statement would be: "There is not enough evidence to make an educated statement about the origin of the universe." The origin being defined as the moment(s) before the Big Bang. That statement (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —Thomas Stangl
   Thank you for finally admitting that Christianity is irrational. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: We're being attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of culture! —John Neal
   (...) I said Jesus' divinity was irrational. But what is so terrible about being irrational? Is Pi bad? JOHN (20 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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