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From: ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward)
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Subject: Re: creationism topics
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Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 16:11:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  9 16:11:34 1984
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> 
> So evolutionists can have things "beyond the realm of science" but
> creationists can't? That's hypocritical cheating!

Are we speaking the same language? (No...of course not.  How
foolish of me.)

Both evolutionists and creationists are allowed to have things
beyond the realm of science.  The only thing that's not allowed
is for anyone to have scientific theories that lie beyond the
realm of science.

Now, please pay attention:  it's not me that disallows this,
but the language.  The English language.  If it's beyond the
realm of science, then it's not within the realm of science.

Now, what on Earth does this have to do with evolution?  The
disciplines of evolution and cosmology are as distinct as any
in science.  Cosmology is the one that explores the edges of
the realm of science.  Evolution concerns itself with things
of the Earth.  The Earth is safely within the realm of science.

I keep saying it: Creationism is nothing less than an attack
on science itself.

-- 
Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD
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