[thechat] rationality is not enough (was: New Year's Resolution)
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sat Jan 4 03:53:01 CST 2003
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Ken Kogler wrote:
> >So we get into a "we can never prove that" loop?
>
> No, we ignore the original assertion. Religion needs to stay the hell
> out of science (and politics).
Surely religion and science attempt to answer different questions. Science
answers 'how?' questions and religion answers 'why?' questions.
Cheers
Martin
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