I think it is important to point out that science has never proven anything.
The most accurate description of our world is the Word of God.
Numbers themselves are a very human thing, in fact they are really something intelligent beings must agree upon...they are not a dead reality.
Therefore God himself is alive...
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In a really dumb sort of way, Andrew is kind of right. Science is more about disproving things than proving them. If you disprove all but one option, then that one option is provisionally correct.
BTW, Science has disproven many of the assertions made in the alleged Word of God.
The Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz" had better brains than this, and all he had in his head was straw.
(And, no, this does not constitute a "straw man" argument!)
~David D.G.
"I think it is important to point out that science has never proven anything."
Except for math, this is essentially true. Science is always open to the presentation of better evidence, so nothing is "written in stone." Science tells us that if you jump off the Golden Gate bridge you will fall to your likely demise, science hasn't proven that you will fall. Why don't you go and test that, Andrew?
"The most accurate description of our world is the Word of God."
That's rubbish, twaddle, hooey and bullshit, and I dare say that you know it is or else your one of the dumbest persons living.
"Numbers themselves are a very human thing, in fact they are really something intelligent beings must agree upon...they are not a dead reality."
The characters we use to represent numbers are things that intelligent people agree on. Numbers of things exist no matter what you or I or anyone else is willing to agree on.
"Therefore God himself is alive..."
Wow! If the Fundie logic jump was an Olympic event, Andrew would be the gold medalist. My head's still spinning.
@David D.G.
(And, no, this does not constitute a "straw man" argument!)
The pun... it burns!
Theoretical science speculates.
Experimental science disproves.
Mathematics proves.
Each of the three has its own domain and when working together, they help us understand our reality much better than nomads who lived thousands of years ago. So while the first sentence in this post of Andrew's is correct (and so is the third, to a degree), the rest of it is absolute hogwash. Does not follow!
I'm gonna go beat up this twit. Of course, I'll be arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Fortunately, I'm an intelligent being, and I will never agree that "15" is equal to anything other than "-5." Not only will I go free, but I'll get to sue for wrongful imprisonment!
"I think it is important to point out that science has never proven anything."
OMFG -- correct!
"The most accurate description of our world is the Word of God."
Wait, is this the next step in the argument? Or off on a tangent?
"Numbers themselves are a very human thing, in fact they are really something intelligent beings must agree upon...they are not a dead reality."
Um...what is this in relation to?
"Therefore God himself is alive..."
This is one of the most inspired non-sequiturs I've seen...um...today.
My brother seems unaware that 'willy-nilly' actually means 'willing or not'.
Just because such sayings are commonplace, does not mean we should throw them around recklessly.
"If you disprove all but one option, then that one option is provisionally correct."
Sounds like you read a lot of Sherlock Holmes there, McCulloch. ;-)
"Science has never proven" that our planet is an oblate spheroid or that plagues are caused by infectious microorganisms. How were these facts proven, then? The Delphic Oracle?
Intelligent beings have agreed that Pi is measurably greater than 3.0 and that insects have six legs.
Therefore, god himself has yet to graduate from the third grade.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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