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To: DLL who wrote (16262)	5/25/1998 1:14:00 AM
From: Gregory D. John	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Donald, Hmmm... can God be measured in any way? How can we "see" God? What experiments can be run to "show" the effects of God? Would you agree that if a few things in the Bible are shown to be historically accurate (like the Flood - thanks for the hyperlink in your post #reply-4575888), then we should accept the entire Bible literally as the infallible word of God? I guess the real distinction between religion and science is demonstrated by the reactions people have to this simple question: What if the Bible is wrong? The theory of evolution could be wrong. The theory that antibiotics kill bacteria could be wrong. The theory that the Earth revolves around the sun could be wrong. The theory that the Earth is round (or some sort of ellipsoid) could be wrong. That is science. No matter how commonly held a belief is, or how much data is amassed to support it... there is always the possibility that, to warp a song of hope, the sun won't come up tomorrow, so to speak. Could the Bible be wrong? If you say that we may someday (if not already) get to the point when people of clear logic must say NO, then that is religion. If, however, you answer that, forever until the end of time, YES, the Bible could be wrong, then that is science. If the four horsemen ride up to my front door tonight, then I will say, "Wow! That part of the Bible appears to be true. I wonder what else is true." Well... OK... I doubt I'd be saying or even thinking that at the time... but, if possible, later on reflection. If, however, I started believing the Bible literally, then I would be religious (not that there's anything wrong with that). I would thus cease to be scientific with regards to the Bible. When I said religion vs. science, I thought that what we would primarily address is the conflict of religion and science. However, I realize, now, that perhaps it is not so much the conflict that we should address, but the differences between the two; i.e., what is religious and what is scientific? They clearly can co-exist within someone, as the example of Newton (if it is correct) shows. Let's continue with the difference between religion and science. That way I can do a bit of research on evolution before we return to it. :-) How do you view religion and science? How do you answer the question: Could the Bible be wrong? Greg