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:: Thursday, February 24, 2005 ::
CornellEvolutionProject.org - Statement of Purpose & Background: "Evolution and religion may not be at war, but no agreement seems possible in their most basic tenets. Traditional religions are based on dualism, and evolution is strictly materialist. Dualism is founded on a belief in the supernatural. The materialist position forms the basis for belief in naturalism, which holds that 'the empirical procedure of exploration and verification is the only known reliable method of discovering truth' (Smith, 1952). For the materialist, the supernatural has no basis in reality but instead is an unwarranted distraction brought about through mythology. " Greg Graffin, the lead singer of Bad Religion, has published his Phd Thesis from Cornell
:: Jim Nichols 2/24/2005 10:29:00 PM [+] ::
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