tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post2935320506931124267..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Creation / EvolutionJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-23714409044564989662006-12-31T16:36:00.000+00:002006-12-31T16:36:00.000+00:00If I'm sure that science says something and that t...If I'm <b>sure</b> that science says something and that the Bible says something contraditory, it's more difficult than that, because my philosophy of science is derived from the Bible. So it would then cause interesting tensions...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-36228216907494634432006-12-30T18:34:00.000+00:002006-12-30T18:34:00.000+00:00`What do I do when what I'm sure science says and ...`What do I do when what I'm sure science says and what I'm sure the Bible says disagree? I'll deal with that if it ever happens, and it hasn't done so yet.'<br /><br />Surely, Custard, if you believed with a certain credence level that the Bible taught something and with the same credence level that science taught the opposite, you'd go with the Bible rather than with science? Isn't that part of Daniel Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823511443088751096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-5556235441679533332006-12-29T07:44:00.000+00:002006-12-29T07:44:00.000+00:00Happy Christmas both!
Caleb - I'm inclined to agr...Happy Christmas both!<br /><br />Caleb - I'm inclined to agree.<br /><br />AC - I also agree that Adams isn't writing as a scientist (he isn't one) but I think he makes valid points about the nature of arguments and so on. There's too much rhetoric and not enough real science going on here.<br /><br />I think he's coming at it from a kind of postmodern angle - how can he know who to trust on Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-15550931331333419012006-12-28T20:37:00.000+00:002006-12-28T20:37:00.000+00:00Hello Custard and Merry Christmas!
I am not sure ...Hello Custard and Merry Christmas!<br /><br />I am not sure Adams is making a contribution in a scientific sense to the discussion you outline at the start of your post. In both of the links you give, what he says is just his subjective feelings on the matter, surely?<br /><br />ACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-35427910762881764152006-12-28T20:34:00.000+00:002006-12-28T20:34:00.000+00:00Chalk me up as "confused" on the subject. I find t...Chalk me up as "confused" on the subject. I find the whole debate frustrating because most people seem to come at it from entrenched positions.<br /><br />It seems to me that Young Earth Creationism has become popular not because of good science or good theology, but in reaction to secularism in the scientific academy. That's not the same as saying it's necessarily false.<br /><br />It also seemsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761353888872137118noreply@blogger.com