--- "Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The scientists are trying to find the origins of >the Universe and of humankind. In this process of >research Science has recourse to conjectures, >assumptions, opinions, probabilities, beliefs, >guess... >
Fr. Ivo, Do you have any reason or objective evidence to believe that the evolutionary origin of humankind is still a conjecture, assumption, opinion or guess? If so, please let me know what it is. > >Instead of "god-of-gaps", they are embarking on >"probabilities-of-gaps"... > Not true. Science is always trying to find coherent rational explanations to fill in the gaps. These explanatory scientific hypotheses can be tested by observation or experiment. > >It is impossible to have "objective evidence" in this >area. > Not true again. Hypotheses about the origins of the universe and of humankind can certainly be supported by objective evidence. For instance, the 2.726 degree Kelvin cosmic microwave background radiation is an objective evidence in support of the Big Bang. For this discovery Penzias and Wilson got the Physics Nobel Prize in 1978. Systematic molecular genetic similarity between humans and other organisms is objective evidence of common ancestry of life on earth, and of the evolutionary origin of humankind. > >Let them deal with empirical knowledge and leave >aside metaphysical and theological realm. >Philosophers and theologians will take care of it. > Why are the conjectures of philosophers and theologians superior to those of scientists? And, theologians of which religion hold superior knowledge? How does a person interested in our origins decide which theological conjecture is right, if the Hindu conjecture directly contradicts the Christian one? Cheers, Santosh