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theory9 said:
BSAMS:

You absolutely are attacking people whose beliefs differ from yours.

I've never cared whether a person has faith or not--except when that faith is forced upon me. Say what you will about science, but America was purposely founded as a secularist state precisely so that those indifferent/resistant to other religious beliefs could live in peace.

I'll say this: it sounds like the ultimate difference betwwen us is which "book" (or path) each person chooses to believe. For my part, I have tried to steer away from the "my side is right, yours is wrong" type of posts that bog down the message boards. If you say there's no way to scientifically measure the distance between celestial bodies, then I'll spend no more of my time arguing the contrary point.

Something to consider, however, is that science is not "disproven" in the sense that it is something that evolves through the acquisition of knoweledge and the presentation of new ideas. Just as the earth was once flat and the center of the universe, our understanding of the universe continues to progress.




theo i believe you may have gone nuts. you'll have to point out were i attacked anyone? i never insulted you, just stated as you have repeated here you believe science to be absolute which proves you have faith in it. the same as others do in the bible or koran i've never said anything bad about you or anyone else who believes that how is that attack. seriously? you sound like some of the people on here whose religious faith is questioned they consider it a attack. you say science is about questioning absolutes and all i did is question wether it is absolute. seems kinda funky to me that youd take offense to that. also the fact that you say you dont like religion forced upon you yet if you consider discussion of it forced then do you consider discussion of scinece forced upon those who do not agree on it?