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Originally Posted by DocIllinois
Truth be told! This is why I prefer a scientific lifestyle. Part of the scientific method is accepting the fact that we have gaps in knowledge, and that that's not only acceptable, but desirable.
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That is the gap in the thread and the discussion. Evolution theory isn't faith. It is just our filter theory to sort data until it doesn't work -- then it is altered. We don't have to believe in it. But if a job requires someone to know how or why something mutated, then they see if the theory helps to explain, exploit or affect it. Making it a political discussion can turn it into a belief. While this is not a thread on religion, The Catholic Church has a formal position on evolution that may be of interest:
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Science is and should be seen as “completely neutral” on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results, says Father George V. Coyne, director of the Vatican Observatory, while noting that “science and religion are totally separate pursuits.” ... Pope John Paul Paul II, he adds, told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1996 that “new scientific knowledge has led us to the conclusion that the theory of evolution is no longer a mere hypothesis.” http://www.catholic.org/national/nat...y.php?id=18524
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And yes Trapper John, that gap would not be desirable in most military missions. Grants may get ugly, but they only get lethal metaphorically.
Same world. Different planets. I think it was a Larson cartoon.