Posted by:
Nick Humphrey
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Date: October 15, 2010 10:31AM
ive been getting a lot "science was wrong before" arguments from tbm's ive been talking to and i found a good page that talks about this fallacious argument:
http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/11/science_wrong.htmlhighlights:
the argument that "science has been wrong before" is flawed. "the scientific method is self-correcting. And it is always scientists who have unearthed new evidence who do the correcting, never people who ignore the scientific method......Error recognition and correction is a strength of science. "
part of the scientific method is trying to prove one's own claim to be incorrect, whereas religious apologists "can put endless spin on any apparently contradictory data."
the difference between science and religion is that science, when confronted with NEW evidence, can and does adjust, whereas religion does not. science has nothing to do with belief. religion is based upon belief of things you cant prove or see (and jesus teaches that as if that is a good thing), and then claims that such things are true. whats to respect about that? i dont respect religion, but i can understand that other people think differently.