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Old 04-July-2006, 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken G
Note that neither science nor religion have cornered the market on "truth", as this term is utterly impossible to define without first adopting a particular mindset or approach to it. I wish more people would understand this simple statement as a starting point for all comparisons of thought and belief.
Is the earth 6000 years old or is it closer to 4.5 billion? You'd need a pretty philosohpically tortuous, vacuous and ultimatley meaningless definition of "truth according to mindset x" in order to be able to say that the answer is merely one of definitions.
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