Comment Re:Up to them (Score 1) 1319
Interesting. A lot of people saying "you're an idiot" or "you're stupid" for bringing faith into the conversation. Ad hominem attacks add nothing to the conversation. Especially because I have not attacked science or the scientific method in anyway. Using personal insults only serve to weaken your position.
I'm actually trying to understand the (incorrect) view point of many religious people talking about faith in science. Particularly about evolution.
I agree with the analysis that I have incorrectly used the word faith here. I'm actually arguing from a point of view that I don't believe. My original intent was to point out that the only things that can be considered hard fact are things that have already occurred.
That drawing my next breath is fact... well... if you think about it, that's is not fact. I could die in the middle of this sentence.
When I said faith, what I really mean is truth. There is a difference between truth and fact. The problem is that religion requires no facts to determine truth whereas science is truth based on fact. But truth is not the same as fact and treating it so can be incredibly dangerous (from any side).
I'm actually trying to understand the (incorrect) view point of many religious people talking about faith in science. Particularly about evolution.
I agree with the analysis that I have incorrectly used the word faith here. I'm actually arguing from a point of view that I don't believe. My original intent was to point out that the only things that can be considered hard fact are things that have already occurred.
That drawing my next breath is fact... well... if you think about it, that's is not fact. I could die in the middle of this sentence.
When I said faith, what I really mean is truth. There is a difference between truth and fact. The problem is that religion requires no facts to determine truth whereas science is truth based on fact. But truth is not the same as fact and treating it so can be incredibly dangerous (from any side).