[FoRK] This is the problem...

[Daniel Grisinger]

it's not "examining" religious claims.  it's pre-supposing their 
validity and cherry picking data, taking quotes out of context, and 
otherwise lying for the prophet's profit and propaganda.

if they were actually going to perform a rigorous examination of the 
data available, taking into account the need to square the phenomenally 
correct predictive ability of our current theories in physics, 
chemistry, geology, and biology with the fact that their mythology says 
such predictions can't be possible, it may end up as an exercise with 
some merit.

of course, that isn't what they're doing.  but you know that.

daniel, pining for the days when we talked about technology and society 
'round these parts


Sat N wrote:
> Is it a problem if someone were to examine religious claims?. You
> would rather have everyone rule them out as wrong without discussion
> and reach a mass agreement that religion is evil?.
> 
> You are starting to sound like Pope Benedict :).
> 
> On Jan 11, 2008 10:50 AM, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
>>    http://www.answersingenesis.org/arj/call-for-papers
>>
>> jb
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