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Thread #131699   Message #2983475
Posted By: Steve Shaw
09-Sep-10 - 06:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: The God Delusion 2010
Subject: RE: BS: The God Delusion 2010
"Science teaches how cells work, but the theories on how they work are an accumulation of theories proven to greater or lessor degrees. One cannot lean these mechanisms buy testing each theory upon which the theory is based. One must base one's acceptance of the theories based on the fallible work of others."

But the whole essence of science is that the fallible work of others is written down, recorded in detail for scrutiny and entirely subject to reproduction by peers. If you study the scientific literature on cell biology, for example, you will find a body of work that contains abundant corroborations and detail that you may, if you have the resources, check for yourself. Science does indeed endeavour to teach the body of accumulated knowledge about how cells work, but, crucially, it also teaches how further enquiry can be made.

"On the other hand much more human thought and effort have gone into the study of religion than all opf science combined. Is it wise to dismiss all of the findings of these people because you do not understand or like the methods."

This is a completely unsupportable statement.