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Dear all, This is a reply to Peter's latest postings in this thread. From your previous e-mail I understand that since God is truth, He shouldn't be left out of scientific work. I'm not sure if I get you right, because this is exactly what creationists are doing. 'Real' scientists, then, should leave God out of their theses and theories! Do you see the difference between "I don't believe in evolution because it's not in the Bible" and "I don't accept Darwinian theories because a Precambrian rabbit has been found"? And then, wanting to go for absolute truth in this or any discussion is I think a wasted effort. Within scientific frameworks there is no such thing as absolute truth. If one says that evolution is 'true', it means that on the basis of evidence provided, no objective, rational thinker has a reason to suppose it happened otherwise. Consider also a few things you have said yourself. You make a big point that everyone means something else using the same word, and that a discussion can run only when it is clear what one means with a certain word. So...no absolute truth then? One may pursue a search to find God in evolution, but that is a faith exercise, not a science exercise. So let us not answer faith matters with science, nor scientific matters with faith, and let's not mix them up. Ken *************************************************************************** Dr. Kenneth A. Monsch tel +48-71-3754017 Department of Vertebrate Zoology fax +48-71-3222817 Institute of Zoology University of Wroclaw ul. H. Sienkiewicza 21 50-335 Wroclaw POLAND
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