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Old 03-30-2009, 10:05 AM   #27 (permalink)
Strange Famous
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In my opinion, extremists on both side treat the theory they hold as true as an article of faith. Faith in science can be as blind as faith in theology - they both have the characteristics of religious belief and dogma.

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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile View Post
I hope that last part was mere hyperbole 'cause that's seriously not the theory of abiogenesis. Were you serious with that comment?

Actually, there's a lot of strong evidence that common ancestry goes all the way back to single cellular organisms. Before that, the notion of ancestry is not well defined. Out of curiosity, how far do you think it goes back?


While I appreciate that you're not saying that it is a religion, how do you propose that it can be? In what manner have people turned it into a religion? I suspect you're using a very loose definition of religion that is not meaningful...


I don't think dogma is what you think it is. If you're superstitious and I call you a superstitious moron, that's not an example of dogmatic behavior, that'd just be me pointing out your superstitious idiocy. For that to be dogma, you'd have to say something reasonable and I'd need to deny it regardless of what you said because some doctrine says I should. That doctrine is said to be the dogma.

For instance, creationists are dogmatic because they reject evolution, geology and astronomy (among many other fields) because of their adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible. This doesn't apply to someone who merely thinks your superstitions are silly...
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