Quote:There is a group of people called the Institute of Creation Research who publish a great deal of literature that is aimed at calling into question the age of the earth in particular. What your friend asserts sounds like something out of one of their pamphlets. Needless to say, they haven't quite stormed the bastions of science, and pillaged the village of research, and burned the libraries of accumulated discovery.My will has been almost completely broken from dealing with people like that. Trying to teach superstitious people how to think rationally is discussion's equivalent of fingernails on a chalk-board. I'm always polite, but some days I feel like I'm going to snap.
The Institute of Creation Research wants to prove, scientifically, that the universe was created by an omnipotent being. Not only that, they want to prove that the omnipotent being was none other than the Christian God. Any "objective scientific" endeavor that is approached with a predetermined outcome is obviously neither science nor objective.
That said, I firmly believe that saying "There is no god" is just as foolish as saying "There is a god". Neither claim is falsifiable. Both are possible, but trying to prove either is preposterous.
I second Pete's statements wholeheartedly. I am arrogant, but only because my mind can parse logic.
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