Re: Atheists have blind faith in their ability

Thom Madura wrote:

> default wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:04:18 +0000 (UTC), EskWIRED@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> In alt.religion.christian default <default@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 01:19:52 +0000 (UTC),
EskWIRED@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Unless you consider anthropology a science or psychology, or
>>>>>> sociology;  than ethics or the basis for an ethical code would be
>>>>>> science.
>>>>> Ethics is a branch of none of the threee "ologies" you mention.  Try
>>>>> Wikipedia, likely it has a good article on Ethics.
>>>>>
>>>> Because ethics is more commonly associated with philosophy doesn't
>>>> mean you won't run into it in other "soft" sciences.  It is
frequently
>>>> taught with business, law, and political science - because it applies
>>>> there.
>>> That does NOT make ethics a science.  One can take history and "run it
>>> into" business, law and polisci.  But that doesn't make history a
>>> science any more than it makes ethics a science.
>> 
>> You are correct, I think we are arguing semantics.
>> 
>> You wrote:
>>> There is more to the world than science and religion.  The field of
>>> Ethics is part of neither.
>> 
>> "Part of" is the obfuscating  term.  Part of how?
>> 
>> Strictly speaking the ologies just study - when they posit a theory
>> based on study is it the realm of science?  They do, generally, follow
>> the scientific method with hypothesis, theories, publi****ng and peer
>> review etc., even if they seldom, if ever, come up with a law or
>> formula . . .
>> 
>> Evolution is a theory, not a science - even though there's plenty of
>> sup****ting evidence in favor of it, even scientific experiments that
>> can be done to sup****t the theory . . .
>> 
>> That also begs a definition of "science" I suppose.
>> 
>> But yes, ethics isn't a "science,"  in and of itself.
> 
> 
> 
> Evolution is proven to exist. It is no longer a theory in every case.


Is love proven to exist?


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