You are exactly right Will. The minute you propose that Science and Faith compliment each other, or that they inhabit the same space if you will, you need to subject Faith to the same analysis that you would Science.
When that happens, it quickly becomes a case of a faulty premise leading to absurd conclusions, as your questions illustrate. On 5/31/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brownback is was and always will be a nutter. > > From another analysis: > > "The truths of science and faith are complementary: they deal with > very different questions, but they do not contradict each other > because the spiritual order and the material order were created by the > same God." -Brownback > > It is disingenuous for Brownback to claim that science and religion do > not contradict each other, given that religion contradicts itself. > Which "same god" created the material order? Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, > Thunderbird, Jesus, Ymir? Which sect's interpretation will we accept: > Catholic, Protestant, Sunni, Shi'a, Scientologist, Mormon? There are > even two accounts of the creation in the book of Genesis that differ > from each other greatlywhich one is the "spiritual truth"? Most > importantly, how will you objectively evaluate these explanations? > > -PZ Myers, > http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/05/sam_brownback_defender_of_the.php > > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
