Subject: Re: Religion and Science -Reply
From: Charlie Hendricksen (veritas@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed 19 Jan 2000 - 22:36:28 MET
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:36:28 -0700 From: Charlie Hendricksen <veritas@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Religion and Science -Reply
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The big, bang, a common ancestor, and black holes are all built on very
solid chains of inference. Nothing is taken on faith and all are viewed
with skepticism, even as the inferential chain is added to each day.
Dennis Nelson wrote:
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> In science nothing is taken on faith?
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> The big bang theory,
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> The creature connecting people to apes,
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> Black holes,
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> We have very slim observables we are projecting across very
> expansive times and space.
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> Someone will be offended?
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> If someone is offended by a discussion with no implied or reasonably
> inferred attack, the problem is not the discussion.
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> Faithfully,
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> Dennis R. Nelson
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