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Intellectualism has many faces.......so does ignorance. None of us is capable of championing a position on every subject known to man, ...
You obviously don't know John Paul...
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...although some people believe that they are experts on everything, simply by virtue of their own existance. As far as facing a "dilema", some do indeed find it more comfortable to simply turn their back on that which they either cannot, or will not, acknowledge.
True, or possibly what they cannot or will not understand...
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Personally, I openly reject the TOE because it refuses to abide by the true tenets of science, ...
I have not heard the 'true' tenets of science. If you are so demanding of science, why are you not so demanding of creationism?
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...is incapable of explaining the existance of life, ...
Well, if you have a better one, we'd be glad to discuss it...
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... and requires far too much blind faith to believe in its' unsubstantiated claims.
As far as I know, deriving conclusions based on evidence and fundamental principles is hardy blind faith. Perhaps you could give us a definition of blind faith and we could evaluate what you are saying.
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Sorry
Rrrriiiiiight.