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Originally Posted by Dr. Funkenstein  Science is right about scientific things.
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Which one? There are like umpteen hundred religions. Most of them contradict each other. Which one is right about spiritual things?
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Religion needs to and usually does stay out of scientific matters. Science needs to and usually does stay out of religious matters. Both of them need to learn how to get along, not tell each other who is right or wrong.
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No. They do not deserve to be placed on an equal level. One is supported the world over by experimentation, research, and empirical study with minimal bias. The other is not even unified. Religion A could be completely contradictory to religion B. When you refer to religion i assume you actually mean Creationist believing christians. Why don't you attack the other religions that don't support creationism?
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I know you hate and fear religion. We hate and fear what we don't understand. It's perfectly normal.
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I don't fear the unknown. I fear and hate people so steadfast in their ideas that there is no open mindedness.
Creationism's biggest fight against evolution is that theories are not fact.
That right there is why I hate religion. The idea of a theory is to leave room for change if new evidence surfaces. Science does not like to deal in absolutes, because you never know what you might find. This interest in not labelling things as fact even if they pretty much are is key to the scientific method and learning. Religion is the anti-thesis of this. Not only taking things as fact rather then theory. But taking as fact stories in an ancient book.
I stand by my same simple argument. Survival of the fittest is simple logic. It's not special science, or magic. It's just an absolute truth of life. It's also the most basic concept of how evolution works. To deny it is just being retarded.
