[Osx-nutters] The separation of church and state.

[Matt Johnston]

On 4 Dec 2007, at 22:28, Chris Gehlker wrote:

>
> On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>> They can coexist in a community, but not in an individual if that
>> individual is really a disciplined scientist. That individual can  
>> (and
>> should) recognise that the religious hocus-pocus cannot be completely
>> and definitively disproven. That individual can even participate in
>> the religion, but as soon as that individual really believes in it,
>> that individual has ceased to be a scientist (at least according to  
>> my
>> definition (: ).
>
> Silly me! I thought Newton and Einstein were scientists. Thanks for
> setting me straight.

No, they were just human.

Something both sides of this discussion should remember. Absolutes  
seldom exist.