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Date:      Fri, 6 Sep 2002 14:15:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com>
To:        Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>
Cc:        tlambert2@mindspring.com, <dave@jetcafe.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail?
Message-ID:  <20020906140625.S22067-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20020905202312.162a6a63.yid@softhome.net>

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On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Joshua Lee wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:31:03 -0700 (PDT)
> "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Joshua Lee wrote:
> > > "Truth" is not the realm of science, science is the art of
> > > describing repeated empherical observations with rational
> > > mathematics. :-) As such it is as theological as the computer
> > > program I am using to compose this message; though indeed some,
> > > mostly laymen, do try to make it into a pseudo-religion. (Compte
> > > being a case in point.)
> >
> > This is completely irrational.  Truth comes to us both from general
> > revelation (the creation) and special revelation.  All truth is God's
> > truth.  See Psalm 19.
>
> Yes, but science isn't Truth. If you're looking for proofs, the math department is down the hall.

If what you mean is that the procedures of science are not truth, then
I certainly agree.  But if you are claiming that science does not discover
truth, I would vehemently disagree.  It is true, for example, that
penicillin cures many diseases that were once considered fatal.


Neal



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