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[dreamer_easy]

I'm a believer in NOMA - that is, religion in its place, science in its place thank you very much Professor Dawkins. Serious question: if ID proponents are given space in the science classroom to put their views, should "materialist scientists" be given space in the religion classroom (scripture classes, Divinity lectures, Sunday School etc) to put theirs?

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[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

If they do succeed in convincing the kids, then perhaps the kids' faith wasn't worth the paper it was written on in the first place. Perhaps the kids need some time to think through the issues involved, and either emerge with a stronger, more intelligent faith or none at all. The unexamined life is not worth living, etc.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

The unexamined life is not worth living, etc.

Heh... I like that. Faith isn't really faith if it's never had a chance to be shaken. Conversely, it isn't skepticism to just believe in something because it's 'scientific' without having compared it to other ideas and tested them.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

John Safran did such a good rant on this - about people who mock Creationists but themselves couldn't explain the Big Bang or macroevolution in a pink fit.