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To: The Philosopher who wrote (40780)	6/19/1999 3:38:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Christopher, you have it exactly backwards when you say: Whatever doesn't fit, you reject. Whatever doesn't fit requires examination and investigation. That is the crux of the scientific method. The goal of science is knowledge, and the scientific method is simply a disciplined way to efficiently increase knowledge. It does not exclude intuition as a source of inspiration -- it simply requires rigorous and disciplined study to verify intuitive leaps. There is the famous story of Kekule, who postulated the ring structure of benzene based on a dream. The dream wasn't the evidence. It was simply the starting point for investigations. Why apply logic to God? I don't. I apply logic to those who invoke a god. And I ask myself what logical reason is there to believe in the existence of a God. The only logical reason for postulating the existence of a God would be the sustained, unrepeatable, and capricious supensions of the laws of nature. This is quite distinct from noting that there are many phenomena that we do not understand. TTFN, CTC