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"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:

I know you weren't. I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

You apparently do not understand the meaning of "oxymoron."

...or science...

or "theory."


Or believe.


Bertie

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.

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.

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.

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:

I know you weren't. I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

You apparently do not understand the meaning of "oxymoron."

...or science...

or "theory."

What do you understand?

I understand that some people are so blinded by their own dogma, and are so
insecure in their position, that they would rather insult anyone who
disagrees with them than communicate intelligently about it.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word "theory".

Judah wrote in
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Dylan Smith wrote in
:

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

Judah wrote in
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"Dan Luke" wrote in
:


"Judah" wrote:

I know you weren't. I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the
typical scientific theory and those who believe in them.

You apparently do not understand the meaning of "oxymoron."

...or science...

or "theory."

What do you understand?

I understand that some people are so blinded by their own dogma, and
are so insecure in their position, that they would rather insult
anyone who disagrees with them than communicate intelligently about
it.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word
"theory"


Or so you believe.


Bertie

"Judah" wrote:
I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word "theory".

That is the only thing about your sentence that is understandable.

The rest of it makes no sense, except perhaps by using your private
definitions of some of the words.

Let's trim it down and see if you can paraphrase in standard English terms:

What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:
I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word
"theory".

That is the only thing about your sentence that is understandable.

The rest of it makes no sense, except perhaps by using your private
definitions of some of the words.

Let's trim it down and see if you can paraphrase in standard English
terms:

What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

"Judah" wrote:


What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in news:13qd2lenuqlup02
@news.supernews.com:


"Judah" wrote:


What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure to
comprehend.

"Judah" wrote:
What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure to
comprehend.

"I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical scientific theory and
those who believe in them."

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy parsing and
peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are making a coy attempt to
equate scientific conviction with religious faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not cheating.


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM