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Old 02-09-2008, 11:34 PM
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JMS: You can teach your child about god and heaven all you want at home, no one is denying that. just don’t try to tell people that religion and science are the same, its dishonest and it can have serious consequences.

USG: Agreed. But the distinction I would like to make here, is this: Credulity is the belief in something in spite of the facts. Faith is taking 100% with you, based on the convincing fraction you can observe. (Kind of like getting on an airplane now days…) To say that 2+2=4 is the same as “God is the creator of the Universe.”… is dishonest. Because you are talking about two different things.
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science is science, science itself is the rule. if you add a component to the "equation" its no longer science.
Science and philosophy(including different theologies) are equally powerful; schools today, especially in earlier grades, propose only science - which means students are only getting half of the necessary outlook. I could show you a great number of instances where philosophy is more significant than science.
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