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Old 08-12-2008, 11:45 AM
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I don't know how many times I have said this. Science is not in the business of refuting any God. Science is about understanding the observable Universe and finding out what makes it tick. Any theory should be testable by experiment. If after many experiments the theory holds so far so good.

Darwins theory does not prove or disprove the existance of any God. It is the fundamentalists that believe the old testament written more than 3000 years ago by many diverse humans is the word of their God. Even worse it can only be interpreted at face value and is all you need to know.

The problem as I see it is that religion has been used for millenia to attempt to control the populace by the self annointed leaders who claim their power comes from some God. They get very annoyed when science shows how ignorant these leaders are. Ask Galileo if the Pope ignored what he saw in Galileos telescope because it was wrong or that it conflicted with the simple dogma that the Earth was the center of the Universe.


It is all about POWER folks not rationality. We can't have you pesky peasants doubting our God given power!

Remember the old adage 'look at not what they do but why they do it!'

Faith is exactly what it says it is, an irrational belief in the supernatural. There is no scientific test for this. So people of faith should not see science as a threat!

I am not denigrating the many people of good faith who spend their lives making things better for others.

I am only against power mad nutters that hide behind the so called word of God as a rationalisation for their delusions. You only have to see what is happening in many places to see that nothing has changed. People killing other people on the so called word of an imaginary friend.

Bert

By the way that Pope refused to look through Galileo's telescope as he thought that it was all an artefact or his mind could be polluted. This same Pope arranged to show Galileo Galilee the instruments of torture to convince him of his folly. Sound familiar?

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