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- From: ajpg1322@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Angelo J. Paguia)
- Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:32:48 GMT
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- collins@eol.ists.ca (Mike Collins) writes:
-
- >In article (Angelo J. Paguia) writes:
- >>How can religion prove or disprove anything in physics ? It has no
- >>business to.
-
- >religion isn't about proving or disproving anything.
-
- YES! This proves my point !
-
- >>How can physics prove or disprove the existence of God ? It has no
- >>business to, either.
-
- >this is a religious question, not a scientific one. the religious
- >concept of god is framed to make the question unanswerable.
- >reminds me of woody allen's line, i wouldn't to be a member
- >of any club that would have me as a member.
-
- This proves my point, too! Physics sets about to prove or disprove
- things in a logical way. The fact that I had framed my question as
- a scientific inquiry (How can physics prove or disprove the existence
- of an electron ?) and you perceived it as a religious question
- because of the word "God" in it shows that a logical inquiry
- about God is the business of religion, no longer science.
-
- By the way, that line was stolen by Woody Allen from Groucho Marx.
-
- >>The two don't mix and do not contradict nor support each other.
-
- >no i think there are significant areas of overlap. religion makes
- >some pretty absurd claims. the fact that the catholics have only
- >just absolved galileo of "wrong-doing", is ample evidence that
- >science and religion have many conflicting things to say on the
- >same subject.
-
- >>Quod Erat Demonstrandum.
-
- >not NOT (Since you just proved my point)
-
- >>Angelo
-
-
- >mjc
- >--
- >michael collins
- >institute for space and terrestrial science
- >toronto, canada M3J 3K1
- >collins@eol.ists.ca
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