tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post100137098778889645..comments2021-05-15T22:56:15.579-07:00Comments on STEPHEN T. McCARTHY REVIEWS...: DARWINISM STILL HASN’T DEVELOPED A LEG TO STAND ON!Stephen T. McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-87673652992949364592017-05-17T20:53:50.109-07:002017-05-17T20:53:50.109-07:00JUDGE AL, your rulin' be right on.
Most athei...JUDGE AL, your rulin' be right on.<br /><br />Most atheists, they express so much emotion over their atheism, and they wear their atheism on their sleeves to such a degree that it makes you wonder what they're hidin', huh? Ha!<br /><br />No one is more transparent than a loud atheist. <br /><br />Let us pray they get over their anger at God before the Clock runs down and Time runs out.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-45621765320647805332017-05-17T20:47:30.188-07:002017-05-17T20:47:30.188-07:00Howdy, JOHN ~
Excellent comment! I am in total agr...Howdy, JOHN ~<br />Excellent comment! I am in total agreement with the way you defined science -- the objective analysis, the testing of theories, the refining of theories based on additional evidence. All of it.<br /><br />And yes, we have no settled science today. (I know you got that musical reference.) The best we could say is: "Objectively speaking, based on the evidence we have at this point, 'Theory A' seems to be the best match... for now."<br /><br />We find ourselves in a very peculiar epoch where so-called scientists demand that people accept their conclusions, regardless of whether those conclusions are the best match to the available evidence. Where people who claim to support diversity will physically fight someone to exclude their viewpoint from the general consensus. Where people calling themselves "Anti-Fascists" will riot and heap physical abuse on peaceful people to shut down their differing belief -- which of course is nothing less than fascist behavior.<br /><br />For nearly my entire life, I've been a voracious reader of nonfiction, and as a result, beliefs I've held have often been challenged and overturned. I've found in the subjects I've extensively studied, that more often than not, the "common wisdom" or "settled viewpoint" is wrong or likely wrong.<br /><br />One example that applies to this very topic is the age of the Earth. I assumed my teachers were teaching me truth based on facts when I was in school. Well...<br /><br />One of many books I've read on this subject of Evolution is 'SCIENCE VS. EVOLUTION' -- a massive tome that, counting the Index, is over 1,000 pages long. To my own surprise, I finished that one having been convinced (believe it or not) that the preponderance of the real evidence indicates that the Earth is really only about 6,000 years old. Yeah, I know, that's loony tunes, tinfoil hat territory. But, hell, I'd already been convinced that no man has ever walked on the Moon and lived to tell about it. So either I'm very gullible, or else I'm able to objectively assess the best evidence and arrive at controversial conclusions, regardless of the damage to my reputation.<br /><br />Again, excellent comment, JOHN!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-5417679228640239792017-05-17T18:56:50.986-07:002017-05-17T18:56:50.986-07:00Al Bondigas here. Boy, these atheists sure get wo...Al Bondigas here. Boy, these atheists sure get worked up easily, don't they? I like how atheists always claim that they've encountered so many intolerant Christians. There not even close in numbers to all the angry, hate filled intolerant athiests!!! That's my rulin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-29597230040561427602017-05-17T15:16:46.990-07:002017-05-17T15:16:46.990-07:00Hi-Ho, Steverino!
I think what you're seeing ...Hi-Ho, Steverino!<br /><br />I think what you're seeing is a morphing from science as an academic discipline where skepticism and differing theories of physical and natural phenomena are part of the game, to science as a religion, where those who disagree with what is now "settled science" (e.g. evolution, anthropocentric climate change) are branded as heretics, ignored, are stripped of their certifications and professional positions, and even threatened with physical harm. <br /><br />The whole idea of "settled science" flies in the face of what science is all about. Science is NEVER settled. By its very nature every theory is open for debate and independent verification, including the theories of Darwin and Algore. To question whether the universe happened as a result of a massive explosion or because a Supreme Being willed it to happen is arguable and will always be a question whose answer is "I dunno." Might have been a Big Bang, might have been the scenario presented in Genesis, or it might have been a combination of the two or something totally different. We don't know for absolute certain, because we weren't around to see it happen. The best we can do is theorize based on what we can dig up (literally) and argue the case for what we believe is the explanation. Eventually it comes down to "what do you believe happened?" You look at the evidence for all the different theories and sorta-kinda decide one thing or another, knowing that something else might (and probably will) come along and cause you to re-evaluate and possibly change your mind. That's science: theories developed on observations and a continual refinement and adjustment in light of new evidence and new theories. And it's an understanding that those observations etc. are human observations and therefore subject to being wrong, either a little or a lot. <br /><br />Being ordered to believe something under threat of death, banishment from society, or being sent somewhere to be "rehabilitated" runs counter to human nature. And we're getting close to that happening, by the very people who claim to be on the side of science. Heaven help us all.John Holtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545030511941957804noreply@blogger.com