Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Coyoteman
Christians and creationists are not the least bit anti-science. Most of the scientific disciplines were founded by theists/deists.

What you fail to see is the difference between "operational science" [that which is leading to technological advances today], and "origins science" [which describes the origin of the universe, and life]. Evolution has nothing to do with the former, and everything to do with the latter...and in the latter, your conclusions are based upon assumptions of things that you can neither prove, nor disprove.

13 posted on 10/24/2008 11:03:58 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]


To: LiteKeeper; Coyoteman
the difference between "operational science" [that which is leading to technological advances today], and "origins science" [which describes the origin of the universe, and life].

You (or someone) have created two new terms for perfectly good ones that already exist, pure science, and applied science. You neglect that pure science has repeatedly led to applied science advances. In the case of the "origins science" of evolutionary biology, it has led to genetics and cures for genetic diseases. Applied science would not exist without pure science. Genesis, in fact, was Man's early attempt at pure science, they simply got it wrong because they didn't have the tools or scientific method required to get it right. Their mistake has had real word ramifications to this day (like this conversation).

16 posted on 10/25/2008 3:48:23 AM PDT by Soliton (Faith is an act of love; Love is an act of faith)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson