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Old 08-07-2008, 11:12 AM   #209
Flint
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Bottom line: scientific knowledge is limited, but acknowledges it's own limitations.

Religious faith, as self-described by it's adherants, is an invitation to short-circuit the discovery process; constantly addressing every as-of-yet explained phenomenon as a "supernatural" occurance.

Of course, the more sophisticated faithful will recognize varying levels of what has been adequately explained, at this point in history; but ultimately science is the refusal to "give up" and say it must be God waving his magic wand.
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