Science, Religion, and the Surrounding Confusion.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Not true, it depends on what your faith is in. I might go along with, Science and the church leadership are mutually exclusive, though.

Well, at the risk of arguing semantics, I disagree. Faith is jumping right in and believing something without any proof that the belief is valid. Science, on the other hand, demands proof. I can say that I place my faith in science, but what I'm really saying is that logical reasoning leads me to accept the conclusions of science.

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

you just wonder how much that particular food lobby paid for that bit of reporting.

Absolutely. Scientists are only human and the quest for funding can be desperate. Its always interesting to see who funded the latest and greatested scientific study and what that study "proves". When I went to grad school, one of my favorite courses was one I came to call "Lying with Statistics." The University called it "Biometry." I was very impressed how a change of sampling technique or statistical model could completely skew the results of a study 180 degrees from what a different method would show. Its no wonder that the public is skeptical.