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Originally Posted by speede5
So why do so many people believe in ET without that evidence, yet they ridicule a Christian believer for having similar faith in something else.
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Because so many people believe all kinds of crazy things; people are easily misled and our brains have evolved to see patterns and need causes for things so people often see patterns and causes where they do not exist.
This is well understood about our brains.
IF you have a person that thinks aliens are abducting our yokels and mutilating our cattle and on the other hand ridicules Christians for similar faith then yes I agree that person is being irrational.
However you seem to be casting a wide net with that; If you want to argue against those people go find them. I haven't seen anyone here make those kinds of claims, so I don't see the point of what you are saying.
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Originally Posted by speede5
Science is easy to believe, what you see is what you get. I don't have any problem with that. Man's studies in science seem to point towards inteligent design, God, with every new discovery. However I won't use science to prove my existence as all of science's theories of creation and evolution are based on an assumption that something random happened but which can not be proven. Big Bang, missing link etc.
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There's nothing scientific about "Intelligent Design", it's proponents admit a) that intelligent design is about as scientific as astrology (this was admitted under oath no less), b) that Intelligent Design is a strategy to get religion into the science classroom, nothing more and c) that some of them accept a 4.5 billion year old earth and common descent of life, the Intelligent Design just comes in at specific points along evolution.
As for the rest, no science doesn't base its theories on assumptions, other than the assumption that the solipsists aren't right.