Ph: Dispute: Darwin's Theory (Science Or Fairy Tale?) Comments

Not to let the air out of anyone's tire but it's really not fair to compare religious writings to modern science. Scientific theories for one thing are models of reality (for example) and do not really claim to be reality itself as religion does. Though there may be some 'scientists' who claim that 'science' is true in the same sense as the belief that there is a God, I am not one of them. I believe such 'scientists' (if they exist) are not very bright! . Holy writings always require us to have faith, to believe something because it seems true or because we want it to be true, or because someone we trust told us it was true. Science tells us a model is 'true' because all the tests made to determine it's accuracy show that it's right. And any Tom, Dick or Harry who performs these necessary tests will always get the same answer. In short: Science is verifiable, Religion is not. A separate but interesting question is how does Science explain the fact that is possible for 2 separate models to both work and produce mathematical theories that are identical (always give the same results) though the models themselves sound as different as an elephant and a flea? This has actually already happened! Poor scientists are scratching their heads on this one. Ha!

I am both scientifically trained (A sort of scientist I guess) and a practicing Christian. I personally find value in both my faith and in science. I personally like to think of a scientific theory as a kind of a poem which can be very beautiful indeed. This of course can be difficult for a layman to see who doesn't understand mathematics very well.
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