On 8 May 2005 at 14:16, Dominic Fox wrote:
> The argument that scientific theory and pre-scientific mythology are
> equally matters of "belief" - that no rational procedure can be
> employed to discriminate between them - is of wide-ranging
> applicability. Woo-woo men of every stripe resort to it when cornered.
> Is that the best that Creationist apologetics can manage - a defensive
> nihilism, equally accomodating to believers in Astrology, Dianetics
> and trickle-down economics?
Yes. And let's hope that they all fervently embrace their own beliefs
and abjure the products of modern science and technology. One wonders
why they're even online -- wouldn't such a use of technology based on
the very science they deny directly contradict their own beliefs?
Marcus
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