| mrstickball said: Denouncing 'science' wholesale is a very sketchy thing to do. In order to do that, you have to become Amish, which are the only group of people that have rejected scientific advancement for the most part. Having said that, I think there is a schism between what you can 'science' and what science really is. Some, such as myself, can reject certain parts of scientific ideologies because of disagreements, while thinking that, for the vast majority, science is a very beneficial thing. I don't doubt that Sir Issac Newton felt much differently. You do a disservice to science if you argue that one must accept every part wholesale in order to not be hypocritical. It was only 70 years ago that science argued for eugenics...Did that make it right and acceptable? No. I don't think so. Science is an ever-changing thing with new theories and hypothesis being produced all the time. Some things may become very ingrained in our understanding of the universe, some of it may not. Just because you reject evolution doesn't mean you can't enjoy the other 99% of science or scientific advancements...I'm a huge space fan, as anyone here knows. I research and study as much of it as I can...My faith in God and belief in intelligent design really don't constrict my understanding of any concepts expoused by any scientific community. I may have disagreements with certain aspects, but it doesn't really cause any sort of issues, I don't believe.
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I agree with you. I was not rejecting science as a whole, I was writing about some people I've seen trying to do it without understanding the implications of this. I can't possibly reject science since the last couple of years that's all I've been learning: Calculus, Physics, Materials Science, Circuit Analysis, Programming, etc... Thats why I wrote twice about it being possible to just reject a theory or ideology (or group of them). About evolution, in my first post I stated that I do not think it would conflict with my christian beliefs, I also wrote that I don't have a set position (creationism, ID, theist evolution) because I don't have the requiered knowledge in the field to defend a position. So, I also don't have a problem with the ID movement.
