Posted on 01/15/2015 7:50:33 AM PST by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
Interesting. FWIW, Protsch at least has some independent corroboration in his “finding” that modern Humans and Neanderthals coexisted; unless a number of geneticists are “in” on the deception, they’ve independently demonstrated the presence of neanderthal DNA in the modern human genome.
Science is, and always was, a philosophical tool. It is not a religion, and attempts to dress it up as a belief system are doomed from the start.
There is no such thing as “settled science”. By its very nature, to question everything, even long-held beliefs, the dictum is, that as new facts are discovered that do not square with existing theory, it must cause a new reconsideration. Either the facts are not measuring the character of that slice of the universe, and a new slice has to be made, or the construction of the theory is skewed and no longer fits the facts.
The Universe is NOT an endless range of possibilities, only our perceptions of the observed portion are. The range of possibilities is cut down sharply as facts are introduced to the reasoning process, and the dim outlines of some applicable rule become apparent. The Universe obeys these sometimes hidden percepts with an internal and relentless logic of its own, perhaps using parameters far beyond our feeble powers to observe or reason through.
It is a test, people, neither pass nor fail, but repeated as often as necessary before proceeding the next level.
Which in itself may also be a dead end or a needlessly long and skewed path. Sometimes it is a long way out of the fever swamp.
On the other hand, the reverence of science has tipped perhaps too far in the direction of a religious substitute. Indeed it is arguable that the robes of the priest, once admired and revered, have now been replaced in our culture’s esteem by the lab coat. Many regard the findings of science with an almost blind faith that many (often unfairly) attribute to religious believers. “Scientists say … ” has become a kind of mantra wherein all dissent must stop and a slight bow of the head might also be appropriate. The matter is settled since “scientists say … ” And while religious believers base their faith on some connection to unchanging Divine utterances, “believers” in science too often couch their belief on the utterances of mere human beings, learned to be sure, but fallible and subject to changing their theories (rightly) when new evidence comes in. Hence the sort of religious reverence that many today give to scientists is problematic, both for them and for science.
Funny!
"I don't know if it (human activity) is the only cause, but mostly, in great part, it is man who has slapped nature in the face," he said. "We have in a sense taken over nature.""I think we have exploited nature too much," Francis said, citing deforestation and monoculture. "Thanks be to God that today there are voices, so many people who are speaking out about it."
-- from today's thread Pope on Climate Change: Man Has 'Slapped Nature in the Face'
This is a good article.
I think, though, it’s more paleontology than archeology.
Look our stalker is here and once again doesn’t understand.
Being a Catholic, does that mean you're going to punch me in the face?
No need.
There is currently a Pope bashing thread that is on going on this subject. I simply do not have the time or the will to wade into that swamp today.
But I thought that perhaps people might be interested in the links, thanks.
Thank you.
As our ability to measure with greater precision/ accuracy has improved along with our ability to observe greater distances and finer detail we have been able to improve the validity of our theories.
People believed that the Earth was flat, that was wrong. Then people believed that the Earth was a perfect sphere, that was wrong, but less wrong.
The search for truth will continue.
But yes, dear reader, even some scientists stray, and “objective” science is not without sinners in its ranks too, no matter what the “white lab coats” might lead you to think.
People like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, the Wright Brothers probably did not even think of them selves as being scientists but if their inventions had not worked we would not have even heard of them.
The proof was in the out come, the scientists trying to prove man came from monkeys have not proven anything, every thing is still just theory, just a religion.
bkmk
>> the presence of Neanderthal DNA in the modern human genome
That possible commonality alone doesn’t determine evolutionary succession, right?
Figures do not lie, but liars figure!
Science does not lie, but liars use science.
The problem is that when people who are attached to an emotional mission, they are blinded by their attachment to the preconceived notions and can only see the science that supports the decisions that they have already made.
They are in love with their theories and love is blind!!!
Very well stated...
I’ve always said that there is no such thing as a miracle, it is merely science that is beyond our comprehension.
That does not mean that the things described in the Bible did not happen exactly the way they are described.
For me, science is merely a tool for searching to understand how God works.
However, I have often found that an expansion of consciousness thus allowing for a greater perception of reality was necessary in order to understand the science presented to me. That’s where it takes prayer and meditation combined with science to gain an understanding.
I am a scientist, but I also believe in God.
“People believed that the Earth was flat, that was wrong. Then people believed that the Earth was a perfect sphere, that was wrong, but less wrong.”
God created the world and put beautiful loving women in all the corners of the world to share it with men.
Then He made the world round and laughed, and laughed and laughed!!!
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