Well, there's my faith then. Not in the knowledge that science has given us now, but in the process that has gotten us here, and that keeps continuing onwards. I'm willing to accept that we just don't know certain things at this point (without requiring answers this second, and being willing to wait for correct ones), and given that there doesn't currently appear to be any impediments to our continuing towards knowing those answers, as well as the fact that science keeps providing answers that are getting closer towards answering the difficult questions, makes me have confidence in my belief that science will get there in the end.
The comparism to the Rapture is interesting, because at a certain level various Christian groups might well say that we're getting closer and closer to a full set of the various signs that they attribute to the Rapture, and so by their logic it's just a matter of time. However, given that the only evidence for anything actually happening once we reach some criticial level of debauchery is some words in the bible (as opposed to extrapolation based on what we've provably observed in the real world, i.e the scientific process), I'm thinking there's no point in repenting and moving to a theistic belief system given the current evidence.
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Date: 2005-12-15 12:37 pm (UTC)The comparism to the Rapture is interesting, because at a certain level various Christian groups might well say that we're getting closer and closer to a full set of the various signs that they attribute to the Rapture, and so by their logic it's just a matter of time. However, given that the only evidence for anything actually happening once we reach some criticial level of debauchery is some words in the bible (as opposed to extrapolation based on what we've provably observed in the real world, i.e the scientific process), I'm thinking there's no point in repenting and moving to a theistic belief system given the current evidence.