Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> Dan L wrote:
>> Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>>> Dan L wrote:
>>>> "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote:
>>
>>> Note there are only a couple of religions that oppose science. They
>>> happen to be the two largest religions by population world wide. That
>>> doesn't mean there are no other religions that have no problems with
>>> science.
>>
>> Those other religions that are pro science are so small in number they can
>> be rounded off to zero!
>
> Check some religious demographics. I started with the wikipedia article
> on the topic then I also checked some other sites through a google
> search. They don't agree in the second significant digit but they do in
> the first so I'll stick to one significant digit. Christianity and
> Islam have 2 billion adherents each and are the only religions with
> major anti-science movements, largely because they are the only ones
> with the problem of biblical inerrancy. Buddhism and Hindu are roughly
> 1 billion each. It turns out the expression "Big Three" when discussing
> religions is actually "Big Four" and the lists don't agree. All other
> faiths combined fill out very roughly another billion. The lists that
> include the non-religious go as high as another billion.
>
> Reading the demographics you just claimed that 3/7ths to 1/2 of the
> total human population can be rounded off to zero. That's a bit like a
> common atheist argument that assumes there's only one religion and then
> proceeds to work on proving that religion to be in error.
>
>> One note: I do not consider Atheism a religion!
>
> Thus giving you plenty of wiggle room for dropping anyone else just
> because you think they also have the error of biblical inerrancy.
> Check. Different lists give different numbers for the non-religious but
> that only moves the 3/7ths who do not have religious problems with
> science towards a larger fraction.
>
>> I hope science wins!
>
> Agreed. I'm a member of one of those many faiths that have no conflict
> with science.

Which faith would that be?
No conflict? Cool, so you agree that humans evolved and not created!

Science usually wins but it takes time. It took three hundred years for
most of the world to accept the Copernican system over the ptolemaic
system. I believe it will take almost as long for the acceptance of
Darwin's Evolutionary theory as a fact as well. Perhaps sooner for Global
Warming as it is upon us already.

Now back to my book on the science of cooking, "CookWise" by Shirley O.
Corriher.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)