Duane Bozarth wrote:

Morris Dovey wrote:

George (in ) said:

| How is the only question a scientist should answer _ as a
| scientist_, by the way. S/he should not question faith any more
| than someone of faith should question science.

I was with you until I reached that last sentence. I think a scientist
should question *everything* and that *everyone* should question
science.


That depends on what you mean by "question science". If you mean
continually test the present hypotheses and prediction of current
science, certainly--and good science does precisely that. If you mean
question science in the sense of the IDers and Creationists that

IDers and Creationists are rather different camps of thought, though
the adherents of each share some common views. Lumping them together
casually smacks of guilt-by-associaton. For instance, Creationism
almost always means people who insist in a literal 6x24hr creation
cycle. IDers as a group do not - in fact, one IDer I read called
that reading of Genesis a "wooden literal interpretation".


"Science" is fundamentally flawed in asserting the existence of natural

Strawman. Neither IDers nor Creationist assert that "Science is fundamentally
flawed ....". IDers, especially, assert that *some of the assumptions*
that Science are based on are *inadequate*. No one questions the utility
value of Science. (At least no one relevant to this discussion.)

processes from the very beginning, then no.



No mature thinker is ever unwilling to question their first propositons
(i.e. The unprovable axioms upon which their system of thought is built.)
The stubborn refusal of the Science Establishment to even be willing
to consider the sufficiency of it's long-held premises is silly.
No one is suggesting we throw out Science, the Scientific Method, or
burn Scientists at the stake. What *is* suggested is that there may
be a more valid model in which to contextualize/harmonize the findings
of empirical Science.


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