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Re: Why not Both?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:31:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
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> > > Science admidts to progressively understand things, and when new
> > > evidence is presented it changes it's theory on that matter. Supposed
> > > disagreements are only due to a lack of data on science's part. The Bible,
> > > however, does not claim to re-interpret itself. It's the "God is infinite"
> > > point again - He doesn't need to since He was accurate in the first place.
> >
> > Here you've spelled out very nicely why science is not a religion, and
> > religion is not a science. Thank you.
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> Ok, just to be persnickity, I'll jump in quickly and say religion MAY be
> science, but has not shown itself to be in the past.
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> > Is that Odin? Brahma? Zoroaster? Allah? Yahweh? Who? And why? This
> > question has been asked countless times, and no one here (or anywhere,
> > really) has answered it. Once again, as in previous threads, you're throwing
> > around the "blind" insult in an apparent attempt to browbeat the heathen
> > into acceptance.
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> I'll second that question-- why pick the Bible? Why pick Jesus? Why pick
> your (Jon's) particular sect of Christianity? I'm going to argue that you
> (Jon) pride yourself on your ability to judge correctly in the matter, and
> unless you're willing to admit that you MAY be wrong, I won't let you get
> away very easily.
I believe, given my time limits, it's far easier to adopt Tim's methodology -
cite a concise preexisting answer.
Why is Christianity supreme? - Why is it different?
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-r003.html
-Jon
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| (...) rhetoric (ie: propaganda), this page states in essence that Christianity (the religion that worships Christ) is the greatest religion because it worships Christ. Dave! (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) copyright, but I'll try to summarize as best possible. Statement: Christianity is unique Rebuttal: No quarrel yet. It is unique. But so is Buddhism. Uniqueness does not imply correctness. S: Its claim of necessity is grounded on strong (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ok, just to be persnickity, I'll jump in quickly and say religion MAY be science, but has not shown itself to be in the past. (...) I'll second that question-- why pick the Bible? Why pick Jesus? Why pick your (Jon's) particular sect of (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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