Re: Do you believe?

On Wed, 25 May 2005 06:27:24 GMT, "Erik Schwertzer" <erik@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>When backed into a corner as I have been forced to throughout this thread, I
>do. If Chris P or Davoud hadn't responded offensively to this thread, then
>I would not have responded. Just as they find any religious discussion
>offensive, so do I find their demonic comments offensive. So, they're
>supposed to be able to fling feces at the rest of us and not expect a
>response? Not as long as I read this group. One could say "filter them
>out" but undoubtedly their comments will appear in someone's unfiltered
>response.

You are totally missing my point. I don't find religious discussion (or
religion in general) offensive (although I find it out of place on a
science newsgroup). What I find offensive is anti-science on a science
newsgroup. Religion is not anti-science- it is a philosophical belief
system based on faith, whereas science is based on testability. The two
are not mutually exclusive. Creationism, however, is anti-science.

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