From: "Gary Britt" 


"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:mntln19mpuiucstpg9njhadjjkqafj7af5{at}4ax.com...
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news::
> > 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).


So a person who didn't personally examine fossils and other evidence and
personally travel to the galapogos islands can't believe in evolution,
because to do so means they need to "because its in a book".

Again arguing against strawmen.  You don't need to reference anything
except the huge gaps in the scientific observations and the fantastically
large probabilities against the billions of links in a chain of events that
goes from non-life to life to modern man, all by accident and coincidence
at all the exactly right times, with all the exactly right conditions, etc.
 You are the one who keeps wanting to bring in the bible, NOT I.  I'm not
seeking to speak about my *faith* in the unknown.  I seeking to get you to
at least acknowledge your *faith* in the unknowns contained in YOUR BOOKS.

Gary

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