Posted by jimmyjames [jimmyjames] on April 08, 1999 at 18:42:07 {vxsc0.TBNkOfSZqlzZ0Uijuk77B9Xg}:
In Reply to: "Science" Religionists posted by WW on April 08, 1999 at 15:06:25:
These very ones lack even a degree in any related field yet immediately judge any source that challenges their pet theories and beliefs.
Hi WW,
I think if you needed a degree in a particular field in order to know the truth on something, few people would know the truth on anything.
There's really no difference between a person with a degree and everyday people. We're just as much men and women as they are, and whatever information they possess we can have access to as well.
The difference is that these people have spent lots of time in research and study. We get to benefit from all their research by reading their summaries and papers, and we can determine who's got the right ideas by reading the criticisms of people in the same field, who have done the same or more research and study. That way we don't have to become experts in every field to know which ideas are baseless, and which are grounded in facts.