I'd be surprised if you believed in a higher power that resided in a hairdryer, mine or otherwise.
I like using "hairdryer" though, because if there is sound theory based on evidence that explains life on earth, it should stand up without having to invoke a "creator figure" to make it work. It's like the Far Side cartoon where the professor stands at a blackboard full of formulas, and near the bottom it says "THEN MAGIC HAPPENS" followed by a result. It doesn't count as science, and I think the scientific establishment are right to "expel" those who are trying to redefine it as such.
To say "I don't have science that shows definitive proof", and then use that lack of fact to justify the jump to the big man in the sky theory is inexcusable. It just means we need more science, not witchdoctors.
I feel to allow "intelligent design" to be accepted as science is stepping back to the primitive ages, where superstition and gods were used to explain all natural phenomena we couldn't understand.
I believe there is something more going on than I can prove scientifically. I believe that given time, if we don't nuke or destroy our selves or our planet first, we will figure out how to detect and prove the existence of spirits, ghosts, telepathy, and what have you. Who knows, maybe even a higher power.
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on 2008-05-01 09:01 pm (UTC)I like using "hairdryer" though, because if there is sound theory based on evidence that explains life on earth, it should stand up without having to invoke a "creator figure" to make it work. It's like the Far Side cartoon where the professor stands at a blackboard full of formulas, and near the bottom it says "THEN MAGIC HAPPENS" followed by a result. It doesn't count as science, and I think the scientific establishment are right to "expel" those who are trying to redefine it as such.
To say "I don't have science that shows definitive proof", and then use that lack of fact to justify the jump to the big man in the sky theory is inexcusable. It just means we need more science, not witchdoctors.
I feel to allow "intelligent design" to be accepted as science is stepping back to the primitive ages, where superstition and gods were used to explain all natural phenomena we couldn't understand.
I believe there is something more going on than I can prove scientifically. I believe that given time, if we don't nuke or destroy our selves or our planet first, we will figure out how to detect and prove the existence of spirits, ghosts, telepathy, and what have you. Who knows, maybe even a higher power.