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Act_of_Reparation

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9. Kinda sorta.

Tue Apr 24, 2018, 01:19 PM

Apr 2018

It has a process for determining the most likely explanation for a given phenomenon. Supernatural explanations are necessarily excluded because there's a height restriction on this ride and they don't meet the bar.

But that's neither here nor there. The point is the superiority of science as a means to understand and make predictions germane to the universe at large has several hundred years of precedent. The inferiority of praying, rolling chicken bones, or standing on one's head for, like, a really long time, has several thousand years of precedent.

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Can anyone list one concept or idea... [View all] NeoGreen Apr 2018 OP

Good one! PJMcK Apr 2018 #1

Hmm, probably something in the anti-choice area unblock Apr 2018 #2

I think he's talking about acceptance by experts, not the general public. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #4

Well, science has no process for that unblock Apr 2018 #6

Has no process for determining the best explanation for a particular phenomenon? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #7

has no process for accepting a supernatural explanation as being the "best" explanation unblock Apr 2018 #8

Kinda sorta. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #9

thanks to my personal prayers, there have been no major volcanic eruptions in connecticut this year! unblock Apr 2018 #10

Oh yeah? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #11

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The best part is there's no proof that isn't true Major Nikon Apr 2018 #17

Every sperm is sacred Major Nikon Apr 2018 #16

You mean like when someone says god will make more oil docgee Apr 2018 #3

Evolution Cartoonist Apr 2018 #5

Bueller...bueller... NeoGreen Apr 2018 #13

Kick... NeoGreen Apr 2018 #14

Monday Kick (nt) NeoGreen Apr 2018 #15

Kick, because... NeoGreen May 2018 #18

Yeah, I'm coming up empty on that one. MineralMan May 2018 #19

Monday kick... NeoGreen May 2018 #20

How odd that no one has come up with an actual response. trotsky May 2018 #21

Yes... NeoGreen May 2018 #22

Why did nobody present the "Noah's Flood Formed the Grand Canyon" example. MineralMan May 2018 #24

I would hesitate to suggest a one reason: an adversion to... NeoGreen May 2018 #25

Perhaps so. Still, one would think that someone MineralMan May 2018 #27

Not even a lame attempt to respond, actually. MineralMan May 2018 #23

None-the-less... NeoGreen May 2018 #26

I salute your continued challenge! MineralMan May 2018 #28

Thank you, NeoGreen May 2018 #29

Sorta nonsensicle zipplewrath May 2018 #30

So what your are saying is that there are no... NeoGreen May 2018 #31

No scientific ones zipplewrath May 2018 #32

So... NeoGreen May 2018 #33

Kick (nt) NeoGreen Jul 2019 #34

Recommending your own thread for visibility? guillaumeb Jul 2019 #35

can't help yourself, g? uriel1972 Jul 2019 #36

Not in the slightest... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #37

Oh, and... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #38

Thank you for the admission. eom guillaumeb Jul 2019 #39

Admission?... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #40

He admittted the thing... you accused him of... that he didn't do.. and didn't admit? AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #44

Revealing of what? Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #48

Kick... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #41

Kick (nt) NeoGreen Dec 2019 #42

Vaccines, sadly. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #43

could you explain? edhopper Dec 2019 #45

By what mode of Theological Inquiry was this... NeoGreen Dec 2019 #46

There are many scientific ideas edhopper Dec 2019 #47

Certain religious sects forbid it. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #49

I'm realy trying to zero in on... NeoGreen Dec 2019 #50

Ah, yes I clearly misunderstood. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #51

Still...anyone?... NeoGreen Feb 2020 #52