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crashfrog
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Message 23 of 24 (128136)
07-27-2004 4:41 PM
Reply to: Message 20 by Bushido
07-27-2004 12:17 PM


Both sides of this arguement require a degree of faith.
The reason this isn't true is because you don't understand how scientists believe things.
As scientists, we don't believe that evolution is true. We believe that it is the most accurate explanation for the history of life on earth, subject to revision in the light of new data.
Scientists don't have "faith" in their theories because science is not the search for truth, though many, including you, are under the misapprehension that it is.
Science is nothing but the search for the most accurate model. Truth is not necessarily accessable to the human mind, this is a philosophical reality that's been known for decades.
So, there's no faith in science. It doesn't take faith to accept evolution because science has demonstrated that it's the most accurate explanation for the history of life on earth that we know of. "Proof" is not something that happens in science; proof is for algebra and alcohol.

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