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Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion?

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RE: Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion?

August 18, 2011 at 3:08 pm

(August 18, 2011 at 2:40 pm)Rhythm Wrote: No special pleading on my part, the god proposition and the alien proposition are identical to me.

Maybe I'm getting this wrong, but I don't think at all that the arguments for god and arguments for extra-terrestrial life are at all identical. The argument for ET has far more fucking weight.

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Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion? - by Statler Waldorf - August 1, 2011 at 6:54 pm

RE: Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion? - by The Grand Nudger - August 4, 2011 at 8:46 pm

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RE: Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion? - by Statler Waldorf - August 5, 2011 at 3:05 pm

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RE: Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion? - by Statler Waldorf - August 5, 2011 at 3:24 pm

RE: Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion? - by The Grand Nudger - August 5, 2011 at 3:46 pm

RE: Does Modern Science Owe Its Existence to Religion? - by Shell B - August 5, 2011 at 4:56 pm

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