XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.atheism, alt.conspiracy   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/9/25 2:09 AM, Attila wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:11:01 -0400, JTEM    
   >> I honestly don't care. You're a mental case triggered by the fact   
   >> that paleo anthropology isn't a real science.   
   >>   
   >> SETI isn't science either. Neither is abiogenesis.   
   >>   
   >> Deal with it. Move on.   
      
   > Religion is not a science either.  The idea someone can get   
   > a college degree in bible study or be a "religious scholar"   
   > always strikes me as beyond amusing.   
      
   Harvard University started as a divinity school.   
      
   They still have a divinity school, btw. And a law school, a   
   business school, medical school....   
      
   Some of the greatest work in astronomy was carried out by the   
   Catholic church. Mendel cracked the secrets to inheritance   
   and he was a Catholic clergyman...   
      
   Think of the basic tools of scholarship. If someone masters   
   those they have everything they need to tackle most any   
   questions in science and philosophy. It doesn't matter if   
   they honed those skills in religious studies.   
      
   Conversely, if someone is a jackass that merely absorbs   
   what the authority tells them and then regurgitates it back   
   on command, they are the proverbial one-legged-man in an   
   ass kicking contest.   
      
   Usenet is a collection of one-legged-men believing they're   
   going to kick ass, and always has been. Even back in the   
   days when real people posted here.   
      
   I could copy & paste the contents of the nearest telephone   
   book and the alters would fall over itself in disagreement.   
      
      
      
      
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