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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis Slams GMOs and Pesticides for Destroying the Earth's 'Complex Web of Ecosystems' [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)And the burden is not on me to show that it's "less true". The burden for showing that it's true lies solely with the one making it (a burden not met by simple declaration). Neither you, SoLeft or Einstein have met that burden, or even attempted to.
And yes, sometimes claims are so silly and self-serving that they deserve to be sneered at and insulted. Especially when they keep being advanced despite always being debunked and NEVER substantiated.
Scientific discoveries are simply tools. All tools can be used for good or ill. How they are used may require ethics, but that has nothing to do with the claim being advanced, which is that religion is somehow necessary for ethical behavior and that, without religion, science is hobbled. A claim that stands as unsubstatiated horseshit, no matter how much that word bothers you.
Prove me wrong. Prove that the ethics science needs can only come from religion. And please don't waste my time with more deflections and evasions. Present the evidence in your next post or be honest and admit you can't.