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He went on to chastize those of us who objected to this statement by saying that "thesee are the complaints of the rich man".
I wouldn't call it chastisement but whatever.
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Since many kinds of science lead directly towards alleviating poverty, suffering, and starvation, how is it that you so blithely dismiss science as a worthless endeavor?
Science is not without good purpose, but I have realized that in the eyes of God, it is not as important as is truth. And this truth resides not inside of the studied physical world.
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Does your God want the starving and diseased to stay that way, or does he want scientists to help find solutions and cures?
Without God, people would know only of death and disease.
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Even though I asked several times, Prophex, for you to explain exactly how much money you think scientists' "large income" is, you still have not answered me. Why is that?
Step back for a moment and acknowledge those who are truly poor.
Your past statements made me say that because they were selfish, ignorant, and childish attempts to make it seem like a life of yours, crash's, and the majority of those in the Scientific community are filled with struggle and sacrifice. This is definately not the case, and in your ignorance of the world's population, you told me that I was the one in ignorance. Try not to think in terms of incomes for this situation.
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You seem to believe that the only "true" sacrifices are those made by the destitute.
"True" is rather subjective here, but I will say that sacrifices in life can be more important, or worthy of being called sacrifices. The discrepancy here lies in what me and you deem sacrifice.
From what I have learned about you, this is a sacrifice.
"Who should drive the car to work today?"
"I guess I should"
"Ok, it's fine, just part of the sacrifices that we (majority) scientists must make each day."
I was thinking more to the effect of life and death struggle with starvation, hunger, or disease. Now I have told you that science does help people, but the way you have discussed sacrifice, is totally wrong. Basically it boils down to two mindsets.
One is focused only on what has become known to them as sacrifice, and hard work.
The other maintains that these terms mean nothing to those who know life differently.
I will also recognize the objection to my blatant generalization there, but I do think that in this situation, there is a graduated majority.
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