Clearly that wise philosopher was not a scientist! After all, what really comes from the heart is blood. Faith also comes from the head. After all, belief, reason, knowledge, superstition and so on are all matters of the gray matter.
Jim On 8/28/07, Warren W. Aney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A student once asked a science teacher, "What is most important, knowledge > or belief?" The professor answered, "Knowledge, of course." The student > then asked a church pastor the same question, and the pastor replied, > "Belief, of course." The student then went to a wise philosopher with > this > question. The wise philosopher said, "Both knowledge and belief are > important, but they are matters of the head. Faith is really what is most > important, because faith is a matter of the heart." > > Warren W. Aney > Senior Wildlife Ecologist > Tigard, Oregon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James J. Roper > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:28 PM > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: Re: why scientists believe in evolution > > > A comment on this question. > > I would draw to our attention that the question "Why do scientists > believe...?" is phrased in the same context as "Why do people believe...in > = > a > god". However, this wording falsely put those two questions into the same > apparent conceptual framework. However, I would say that scientists do > not > "believe" but rather they accept that the evidence for all the testable > hypotheses of origins, adaptations and so on are supported by evolution by > natural selection (with minor quibbles here and there on details). On the > other hand, and contrastingly, religious people really do just "believe" > without testing alternative and testable hypotheses. So, with religion > comes a belief system, with science comes accepting the evidence. Those > ar= > e > both not the same conceptual thing. > > Jim >
