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Re: Science and beliefs (was Re: Alien races)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 20:29:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
> We shall never find any authoritative work that is beyond reasonable
> criticism.
Here again, the problem is that literalists assert that The Bible *is*
beyond reasonable criticism.
> I have a fairly decent working knowledge of the Bible, and I've never
> encountered anything like [Pi = 3]. There are some crack-pots who like to
> make a big deal out of numerology in scripture; Pay them no mind.
Agreed. Let us assert for the record that the so-called "Bible Code" is
equally nonsensical and without meaningful predictive value.
Dave!
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| (...) IMO, the issue of interpretation and translations and so forth is, at a fundamental level, very simple: Reasonable, well-intentioned, well-informed, open-minded inquiry is a root necessity of any fruitful scholarly, literary, scientific, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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