Keep going on with your discussion after my post, but I'm relatively "new" here and did not get the chance to reply to the first post on this thread before hundreds of others did so... I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the original topic of discussion:
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This is the real crux of the debate. It is a God issue. Evolution requires a staggering amount of faith, moreso than creationism in my opinion, and since God alone, or nobody if you are an atheist, was present "in the beginning," neither side will be able to "scientifically" prove their assertion. It is from this viewpoint that I am contemplating the practicality of participating in these discussions. It really is a God issue.
The science of evolution and the religious are entirely different subject matter. Scientific studies are constructs of the mind. One naturally questions an occurrence in the environment, forms an educated guess, or hypothesis, and assesses the problem with tedious experiments and tests. Gravity is a great example. Though we may not see it, we have proven it is there and requires no faith-based reasoning that it exists.
In a religion, humanity accepts a revelation and/or teaching(s) that we do not expect to be regarded with suspicion. For this reason, a faithful individual does not necessitate science for proof. We substantiate them [our religion] or acknowledge them in terms of their implications or underlying meaning, the effects or outcome they may have for our own personal life or the lives of others.
Thanks, please continue.
This message has been edited by The PaleoGuy, 06-03-2005 07:41 PM
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