RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion'
December 6, 2008 at 7:05 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2008 at 7:06 pm by Kyuuketsuki.)
(December 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: Yes, I apologize, I stand corrected. But, what's the difference? Montana man, Ohio Man, Pennsylvania Man.. it was all one big fraud, right?
It may well have been I don't know but it wasn't evolutionists that perpetrated it if it was. Does it matter? Of course it does ... precision is important in science.
(December 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Man
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/a_nebraska.html
(December 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: It doesn't matter who discovered it. The point is simple, it was forged to fool the world of science.
No, It does not matter because as I have already explained science lays no claim to absolute truth, it simply represent s our best current view of the universe around us, at no point does science claim it cannot be hoaxed ... the point that seems to elude you bozo's (sorry bozo) is that it encompasses mechanisms that minimise error and expose fraud. No religion can claim that.
(December 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: Yes, Scientists are not God. They have erasers on their pencils.
You're a fucking idiot!
(December 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: First off, what's with the name calling? Are we adults, or is this 4th grade? Did you know personal insults and name calling shows great signs of insecurity and low self-esteem?
Being an adult is not about not swearing, it's about engaging with the debate ... tell me how your comment about scientists having erasers in any real way engages with my point that science is flexible? Let me restate it for you, you fool ... science is an ongoing and self-correcting attempt to explain the observable universe, in that sense the fact that theories change, that they are exposed as flawed and that there is much more to be explained is EXACTLY what science is, what science does.
(December 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)Psalm 23 Wrote: Yes, Again, we already covered this part. Science makes mistakes, and they have to go back and try to figure out how they screwed up. They do not have the knowledge to understand everything, that's why they call it a "theory."
No, that's NOT what a theory is and if you actually knew any science at all you'd know that! A theory is nothing like a hunch or a guess but actually represents the very highest explanation that science can offer, a fully fledged explanation including detailed mechanisms of how a given thing works.
Here's an idea Psalm ... why don't you go away and learn some science before you try to engage others who know an damned site more than you do.
Kyu
