From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Aug 26 1998 - 07:15:41 MDT
A couple of things that differentiate science from belief systems:
-Science pays it own way, without tax exemption. Churches don't have to pay taxes, and consequently
function as parasites.
-Scientists don't try to kill groups that disagree with them.
-Science relies on empirical evidence; religion relies on faith.
>In the final analysis, science is just precise,
>methodical, HONESTY. It is simply the commitment
>to see things as they are, not as we wish them to
>be or as we have been told they are. It is the
>moral commitment to use every means you know to
>try to prove yourself wrong, rather than trying
>to prove yourself right.
Good thinking.
Cheers,
J. R. Molloy
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