Creation >> DNA Code

Sailor Steve · 03-24-12, 11:15 PM

First, you might want to reduce that to one paragraph and post a link to the rest. Subsim got into trouble not long ago when someone copied and pasted an entire article. Even putting the copyright information in didn't stop the author from asking nicely, with a subtle warning implied.

As to the article itself, it's interesting how he juxtaposes Hebrew and Greek mythology, but then tries to show that 17th-century science is derived from the Torah. Mostly he leaps around a lot and doesn't say much. His quote from Ecclesiastes has more to do with philosophy than science, and he never shows a real connection, just implications with no cause or justification.

Modern science owes more to the Enlightenment than to Homer or the Bible. Neither Homer nor the Biblical authors were concerned with discovering the world around us. One, as he points out, was concerned with telling stories about gods and men. The other was concerned with teaching a lesson about man's duty to God. Both spoke as if they expected their audience to take the story at face value; neither ever claimed to be an eyewitness to the deeds done, and never offered any proof of their claims. Therefore, neither has anything to do with science, ancient or modern.

That some scientists and mathematicians attribute the laws of the universe to God is fine. It also doesn't make them right, just believers.

heartc · 03-25-12, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

First, you might want to reduce that to one paragraph and post a link to the rest. Subsim got into trouble not long ago when someone copied and pasted an entire article. Even putting the copyright information in didn't stop the author from asking nicely, with a subtle warning implied.

Uhm, I get the feeling there is a post missing between my previous one and yours, right?

Sailor Steve · 03-25-12, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by heartc

Uhm, I get the feeling there is a post missing between my previous one and yours, right?

Yep. Rockstar deleted the post. He didn't need to do that; a paragraph and a like would have done nicely. Now I can't even find the article to relink it.

Oh well...

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	First, you might want to reduce that to one paragraph and post a link to the rest. Subsim got into trouble not long ago when someone copied and pasted an entire article. Even putting the copyright information in didn't stop the author from asking nicely, with a subtle warning implied. As to the article itself, it's interesting how he juxtaposes Hebrew and Greek mythology, but then tries to show that 17th-century science is derived from the Torah. Mostly he leaps around a lot and doesn't say much. His quote from Ecclesiastes has more to do with philosophy than science, and he never shows a real connection, just implications with no cause or justification. Modern science owes more to the Enlightenment than to Homer or the Bible. Neither Homer nor the Biblical authors were concerned with discovering the world around us. One, as he points out, was concerned with telling stories about gods and men. The other was concerned with teaching a lesson about man's duty to God. Both spoke as if they expected their audience to take the story at face value; neither ever claimed to be an eyewitness to the deeds done, and never offered any proof of their claims. Therefore, neither has anything to do with science, ancient or modern. That some scientists and mathematicians attribute the laws of the universe to God is fine. It also doesn't make them right, just believers. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo