Judah wrote in
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Dylan Smith wrote in
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On 2008-01-28, Judah wrote:

What, in particular, is oxymoron about "scientific theory"?

Methinks you are confusing theory with conjecture. In science, theory
does not mean 'guess' or 'hunch'. It has a very specific meaning that
is not the same as what a TV detective means when he says 'I have a
theory'.

The oxymoron is not "scientific theory". The oxymoron is the BELIEF in
scientific theory.

It's not a belief.


The joke is that people like yourself will happily believe in a
scientific theory based on something they read in one book, but refuse
to believe in a religious theory based on something they read in
another.

That;s the difference. Sientific theory isn't a belief. It's a best
guess based on the best obtainable info. Nobody "believes" a scientific
theory, at least not in the same way that someone makes a leap of faith
to believe in a religion.
Scinece is an attempt to understand whereas religion is not.


The bigger joke is that people on either side of the argument tend to
believe that science and religion are mutually exclusive, when in
reality they just answer different questions to the same problem.

Or so you believe.


Bertie