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Author Topic:   Biblical Statements About Infallibility/Inerrancy (A Theology / No Science Topic)
lfen
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Message 34 of 85 (157802)
11-09-2004 11:51 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by winston123180
11-09-2004 11:35 PM


Therefore, in order for an authority to be absolute, we have to rely on what it says about itself.
Okay. You've done a good job of summing up the nature of all revealed religions. That is how they work. You get indoctrinated at somepoint into one of them either by birth or conversion and you believe they are true tautologically because you believe they are true. Such is the nature of religious authority.
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lfen
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Message 36 of 85 (157806)
11-10-2004 12:29 AM
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11-10-2004 12:19 AM


We don't have to rely on what a scientist says about his work. There is peer review and the methodology can be examined and critiqued. Experiements can be run again to see if they can be replicated.
Science is not about revelation or religious authority, the contents of science is available for scrutiny. There is no evidence that Moses ever existed or the events on Mt. Sinai ever took place, for example, but there is evidence for the claims made by science.
Also no one goes to hell if they don't believe in science. Not only that but gravity, electricity, sun all keep working for them believe what they may.
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