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To: YHAOS

Where did I “quote science?”


387 posted on 01/05/2012 12:32:17 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (Anyone opposed to Newt should remember: we're not electing a messiah, we're electing a politician.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
Where did I “quote science?”

#19 A simple “we don’t know yet” is enough for rational people. Who on earth comes up with SOME BIG INVISIBLE MAGIC CREATURE DID IT! LET’S FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WANTS! I mean, seriously?

#59 Happily, miracles from 2000 or more years ago can’t be investigated at all.

#87 The difference between "everything" and "God" is that I can see the "everything" all around me.

#98 Happily, if I fail to believe in science, no nutcase comes along telling me I'm going to burn for eternity. If something seems to be true and is later shown to be false, I can stop believing it with impunity.
Unlike Christianity, where Jesus told his followers that he would return in their lifetime. He didn't... but you'd better keep believing. You'd just better, boy... oh boy oh boy you better keep that faith, baby, or you're gonna burn.
You don't really get scientists saying that. (Well, the global warmers tried it, but I don't think they're going to be able to carry it off much longer.)

#125 What's moral about suspending disbelief in any respect? This is a serious question... why is that "moral"? Because I really don't get it.

#159 The data seems to be dependent on the outcome. After all, we must come up with an interpretation that allows it to remain "true."

#247 Coming up with a series of questions to which the easiest answer is "Goddidit" (to paraphrase an earlier poster) is not very convincing to me, because accepting a God simply leads to another set of questions to which the only honest answer for even the most devout theist is "I don't know." In other words, when the question is "How?" and you reply with "Who," the atheist can still ask "Okay, but HOW?" and we'll all still be back at square one. With "We don't know."

#318 Remember what belief is: a conviction that something is true, even without evidence. You might describe my acceptance of the laws of physics as a "belief" but it isn't: I don't distrust gravity because all the evidence supports that gravity is in effect and will remain so. But if tomorrow I start floating, I'll abandon that assumption immediately, based on the evidence. Do you understand?

#330 You are quite wrong. I have values, priorities, and I operate on certain assumptions if -- and only if -- they aren't countered by evidence that I find to be valid.

396 posted on 01/05/2012 4:37:12 PM PST by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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