Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Is science a religion?

[Rick Buford <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

But to me, that's a very similar question to:
If chickens evolve (hatch) from eggs, then why are there still eggs? 
Shouldn't all the eggs have evolved into chickens?

To turn the argument around, if all mankind descended from a common 
ancestor (Adam and Eve), then why do people have such diversity? Would 
it be because people have "evolved" to better adapt to their 
environment, or is there another explanation? Additionally, why are we 
so structurally similar to chimpanzees (98.4% identical DNA). Why do 
some apes appear to have the ability to think freely and communicate?

I disagree with science as a "religion" for the most part. Perhaps if 
someone blindly accepts what is handed down from the scientists on high 
without question, then science may be --that-- person's religion. The 
scientific process, by definition, precludes this.

Given the opportunity, I will question (and debate) just about anything 
and am very pleased we've been debating this for several days without 
degenerating into a worthless argument.  Sadly, no one will give me a 
positron collider to test some of my more "wild" theories...

 Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. 


F Vernon Green wrote:

>Evolution is a prime example of science being a religion. Scientists have
>not been able to prove that man evolved from apes like they want to. Oh,
>they have been able to piece together a few things here and there that they
>claim support the claim that man has evolved, but they have yet to uncover
>anything that fully supports it.
>
>On the other hand I can say that my belief actually allows me to believe
>that evolution takes place while still allowing me to believe in a creator.
>The one main point to is this: If man evolved from apes, then why are there
>still apes? If man was once truly an ape, would it not stand to reason that
>all apes then would have evolved? And if all apes did not evolve, then what
>set the man-apes apart from the rest? And if there was something
>fundamentally that caused the man-apes to evolve, then were they really apes
>at all?
>  
>
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