1.61803 writes:
1. A copy that can not be distinquished from the original is the same thing . there is no difference.
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6. Science should be silent on matters concerning religion.
Well, at a minimum, the copy is older.
Inability to distinguish an original from a copy is a failure of perceptual apparata or technology, not a test of identity. If I can hold the original in my left hand, and the copy in my right, they are definitely not the same thing.
And if a religion teaches that vaccinations will cause you to contract the targeted disease, or that dipping your wick in holy water will protect you from HIV, science should have something to say.
Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio
Real things always push back.
-William James
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