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Woodsy
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Message 69 of 221 (376151)
01-11-2007 8:55 AM
Reply to: Message 67 by Rob
01-11-2007 1:38 AM


You should be aware that this list of texts has no authority to anyone who does not adhere to an appropriate religion. It may be fine for Christians etc, but it is meaningless to everyone else.
It does indicate to me that some Christians would like to shut down modern science, just as happened to Muslim science when their mysticism likewise got out of hand. That desire should be resisted by all who do not want to see another Dark Age in (so far) modern societies.
Edited by Woodsy, : No reason given.

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Woodsy
Member (Idle past 3404 days)
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From: Burlington, Canada
Joined: 08-30-2006


Message 137 of 221 (378309)
01-20-2007 7:03 AM
Reply to: Message 135 by anastasia
01-17-2007 9:55 PM


Re: Is it religion?
We have since learned that much can be discovered usig only natural means, but certainly not everything that we question has been answered. There is still plenty of room for faith even if we let down the barriers we think God told us not to cross.
Is this more room for faith, or more room for future research? If we pick faith, the research may never get done and we may be left with only fantasy, never gaining the knowledge that might have been ours.
Why not simply say "We don't know." when we don't know?

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