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In Reply to: Calling all Heretics posted by Rylan Bachman on December 11, 1998 at 13:57:11:

I must have run astray in my babbling. My point is this - God is not the only thing to be skeptical about. Why are some people so willing to accept science as the answer now? It is almost becoming a new religion. There must be a healthy amount of skepticism on both sides to keep things in check.

Example : Hole in the ozone. That is a nice picture you posted but the data that shows this hole is only over the last 20 years. yes it is there now but does it come and go naturally? Like glaciers. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old and man has been around 1.5 million or so. We are extrapolating quite a bit when we use a 20 year sample to make a prediction on 3-4 billion year old system.
Maybe there is a connection, maybe there isn't.

Scientific Facts are observations that can be measured and reproduced; theories are ideas that have much supporting evidence but not quite enough. I understand that. I am not suggesting that any sub atomic particles do not exist, I do recognize that there is some element of faith involved in my accepting them to be truth. I must have faith in the scientific method and that other scientists are employing it faithfully. Science is a tool developed and used by man possibly just like religion. It must not grow to be like the church of the times we are studying in class.

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: I must have run astray in my babbling. My point is this - God is not the only thing to be skeptical about. Why are some people so willing to accept science as the answer now? It is almost becoming a new religion. There must be a healthy amount of skepticism on both sides to keep things in check. : Example : Hole in the ozone. That is a nice picture you posted but the data that shows this hole is only over the last 20 years. yes it is there now but does it come and go naturally? Like glaciers. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old and man has been around 1.5 million or so. We are extrapolating quite a bit when we use a 20 year sample to make a prediction on 3-4 billion year old system. : Maybe there is a connection, maybe there isn't. : : Scientific Facts are observations that can be measured and reproduced; theories are ideas that have much supporting evidence but not quite enough. I understand that. I am not suggesting that any sub atomic particles do not exist, I do recognize that there is some element of faith involved in my accepting them to be truth. I must have faith in the scientific method and that other scientists are employing it faithfully. Science is a tool developed and used by man possibly just like religion. It must not grow to be like the church of the times we are studying in class. :

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