To: LibertarianInExile
I couldn’t follow your second part about Christians by Christians.... but you don’t know about the copernican principle - it is not the earth revolving around the sun, etc. It is the assumption (not espoused by Copernicus btw, but by Carl Sagen and others) that the Earth is just an average so so planet and that life is probably occurring on billions and billions of other similar planets. (read The Privileged Planet for more on this). You should also read more about the problems with darwinism and not take the “scientific consensus” for granted (the only reason darwinism is still around today (even after marxism and freudism have been demolished) is the materialist religion of the Left and the ruling out of any non-materialist explanation for life.
118 posted on
06/23/2007 11:08:39 AM PDT by
razzle
To: razzle
"but you dont know about the copernican principle - it is not the earth revolving around the sun, etc....(read The Privileged Planet for more on this)...read more about the problems with darwinism and not take the scientific consensus for granted" I do know about the Copernican Principle being far more broad than "The Sun doesn't go around the Earth," but I pointed out what I did to show that the original Copernican Principle is just hunky-dory. That the broader sense of the principle espoused by some is adjudged incorrect simply on the basis that the condition of the Earth is rare (which is the central tenet of "The Privileged Planet") does not follow logically. The odds are stacked insanely against someone winning the lottery, but that is no scientific basis to anoint the next MegaMillions winner as the Second Coming.
140 posted on
06/26/2007 10:41:52 AM PDT by
LibertarianInExile
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