Science and creationism

[John Grehan]

>John:
>
>What you are trying to say here is that the way we percieve the world is
>through our culture, upbringing and education.

These are certainly influential factors.

 I guess you can take that as an
>explanation of arguments being made on both sides as the true reality of the
>situation continually eludes us.

This is a metaphysical statement that is beyond my competence. I do not know
what constitutes the true nature of reality, so I cannot say that the true
reality
of a situation continually eludes us. If anything I belong, with most other
scientists,
to the enlightenment (renaissance) world of critical  analysis of reality
as the
scientific foundation of my beliefs. Whether my actual efforts achieve that goal
may be another matter.

John Grehan



>
>Tony
>
>John Grehan wrote:
>
>> Tony, some further observations:
>>
>> >Nice comparison but people actually do see the San Andreas move in their
>> >lifetime.
>>
>> I wonder if that is really true. Since the concept of "San Andreas Fault"
>> involves
>> a lot more than one can see. People may see something happen on the
>> earth's surface and this is interpreted according to a theory of geological
>> faults.
>>
>> and the breeds of dogs represent intelligently directed
>> selection not natural selection.
>>
>> I've just realized that its not a fact that dogs represent intelligently
>> directed selection. Its only a theory based on claims made by
>> other people. Its not an imperical reality from my own experience.
>>
>> John