(November 17, 2018 at 3:02 pm)Everena Wrote:Well, then at least have the honesty to tell people that any evidence which you challenge people to produce will be systematically and dogmatically rejected without a fair hearing beforehand.(November 17, 2018 at 2:50 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: Once again, you asked for positive evidence, and when that scientific, peer-reviewed evidence was placed before you, you rejected it with nothing other than denial and personal incredulity. It convinces me because it meets scientific standards of inquiry. It doesn't convince you because you have already rejected it beforehand. You lack the intellectual honesty to put your cherished beliefs to the test. You will never learn, because you do not WANT to learn.
I could say the same thing to you about God. And I don't want to argue about why I don't have 100% faith in the men in science anymore.
Unlike you, I do not accept the findings of science on faith. I accept them because I have a technical background and have employed the scientific method in my career. Science works. Deal with it!
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)