(January 16, 2016 at 9:37 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(January 16, 2016 at 9:25 am)Brian37 Wrote: No it isn't just a "compromise" it is a cop out. It is coming from a place of empathy yes, but it is still a cop out.
Again, you don't go into finding answers in a scientific setting by assuming fairness, that is a matter of human rights and law, not labs.
The tool of scientific method is not a moral claim or a government law, it is a process. "Splitting the baby" is a result of good intent but still based on bad logic.
Seriously, I think Stenger's book "The New Atheism" will go into much better detail as to what I am trying to tell you here.
I agree that religious explanations are not science, but that type of claim would likely come from somebody who is religious, liberal or conservative.
MOMMY!
Please try to understand.
This is the same mistake in use of logic that allows liberal theists to ignore the fact that both liberals and conservatives are using the same books to come to different conclusions.
I am saying that liberals are making a mistake which allows conservatives to do even worse with their logic. There simply is no good way for anyone to treat the two as equal or separate but equal. Liberals DO allow that cover for bad logic which makes an excuse for a watered down theism which is more civil, but also at the same time gives cover to worse crap like creationism and ID or whichever religion is trying to co opt science.
Read the book.
