Re: The Fuhrer Principle

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:56:12 -0700, "Chas" <chasclements@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Not so fast, sonny.
>(obligatory martial content: you can get in, but you can't get out)

There once was a hooker from Kew...

>The question boils down to two entirely differentiated controversies; the
>'scientific' one, and the legal one.
>Presently, the legal question is about the Constitutionality of legislating
>a State-certified cosmological viewpoint for use in compulsory schooling.

As this is a US political/legal question, my level of knowlege is
quite suspect. That's why I suggested Judge Jones's decision in the
recent Dover case.

>The 'scientific' question's burden of proof is on the questioner. If the
>noted authority says that Moogum cures cancer, the burden of proof is on the
>questioner, the noted authority already has the state of credibility.

So you're asking that scientists prove God does or does not exist?
Can't be done, just like I can't prove the existence or lack thereof
of the invisible pink unicorn presently reading this message over your
shoulder.

As for evolution, we're still waiting for it to be disproven. So far,
nobody has come up with a better idea to fit the facts.

>The vast consensus of civilization throughout history is that this isn't
>accidental.

*shrug* the vast consensus of people living in cities is that if you
push the elevator button many times in quick succession while
swearing, it'll come faster.

Consensus is nice, but the evidence is lacking. There is no more
evidence that in the beginning was the Word, rather than Audhumla the
cow licked blocks of ice until she uncovered the giant Ymir.

>The only basis for questioning that seems to be some sort of abstract
>mathematics or statistics or something that claims to generate an
>infinitesimal possibility that monkeys will fly out of your ass or sand
>spontaneously become computer chips.

And yet, the evidence points to evolution. If God has been tinkering
with his creation, he's been hiding his tracks well.

>I certainly hope I haven't been offensive to you- this is a hard medium to
>be funny, or sardonic, or wry. I treasure your good regard, and would plead
>'intellectual banter' for any perceived slight.

Offensive? No sir, a little pushing and shoving perhaps, but nothing
offensive said or perceived.

I just felt the conversation had reached the point of:
"Goddidit"
"Nohedint"
"YezHedid"
"Nohedint"
"YezHedid"
.... where we had pretty much posted our positions to their logical,
although antagonistic, conclusions.

Badger Jones
www.youngforest.ca
"Never, under ANY circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."
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