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In reply to the discussion: Finally, There Are More Young Americans Who 'Believe' in Evolution Than Creationism [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)5. Yes, here we go again. Religious belief is no different than trust in science.
Except it's not. One of those things relies on empirical processes, logic, reason, and falsifiability while the other relies on hocus pocus and appeal to ignorance fallacies which can't be challenged. So if only for that reason alone the "why" part just isn't too hard to figure out.
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Finally, There Are More Young Americans Who 'Believe' in Evolution Than Creationism [View all]
NeoGreen
Feb 2020
OP
Yes, here we go again. Religious belief is no different than trust in science.
Major Nikon
Feb 2020
#5
Who the fuck is positing Ockham's Razor as a "Proof" or "bulletproof assertion of actual fact"
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2020
#36
Dictionaries I can find suggest it's related to words for either 'love' or 'precious'/'pleasing'
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2020
#40