Science is best supported by?

@kellyjay said
If you did not believe that the universe was understandable what would be the point of trying to explain or understand it?

I read this. And then I read it again, twice.

@bigdogg said
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Science is about how the natural world works.

It is entirely possible to be a, b or c and still be a good scientist. The theistic stance is not relevant.

"@bigdogg said
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Science is about how the natural world works.

It is entirely possible to be a, b or c and still be a good scientist. The theistic stance is not relevant."

Singling out the "theistic stance" you did here, admit or not, you did it.

@kellyjay said
"@bigdogg said
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Science is about how the natural world works.

It is entirely possible to be a, b or c and still be a good scientist. The theistic stance is not relevant."

Singling out the "theistic stance" you did here, admit or not, you did it.

Your reading comprehension is poor. "Stance" means it can be any position on theism: mono-, poly, a-, etc.

@bigdogg said
Your reading comprehension is poor. "Stance" means it can be any position on theism: mono-, poly, a-, etc.

And Atheism was a part of that?

@kellyjay said
And Atheism was a part of that?

Yes.

@bigdogg said
Yes.

Well, you are right reading what you wrote, and gathering your meaning, was and is loss on me. The way you merge things, taking one setting it aside, and claim you meant they are all the same.

@kellyjay said
Well, you are right reading what you wrote, and gathering your meaning, was and is loss on me. The way you merge things, taking one setting it aside, and claim you meant they are all the same.

You've spent 4 pages dancing around. Now you've gone through all the theatre of pretending that you simply couldn't understand or accept what BigDogg said on page 1, are you going to deal with what he said head on? You know, like have a discussion about the thread topic? The one you started?

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Does that mean you are going to start replying to Rusty?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Does that mean you are going to start replying to Rusty?

I'm not.

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We don't know of course what Kelly thinks of you guys...