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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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