From: John Beckett 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> That the scientific community has a *belief* or *faith* in the unknown with
> regard to the development of life from non-life and the subsequent evolution
> of that first life form to modern man is completely obvious and does NOT
> require a PH.D in evolutionary science to recognize.

Of course there are bound to be a few individuals that you could find who
might resemble the above picture. However, the defining characteristic of
scientists is that they believe things because they have a REASON to
believe them (note that "because it's in a book" is NOT a
reason).

The advances of medicine and technology are offsprings from science. With
that background, you could excuse a scientist who felt they had a reason to
look for the cause of things, because every time that science has looked
for a cause, it has been found. It doesn't require "faith" to
believe that it is worthwhile to continue looking for reasons.

John

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