Just a couple of points of information ikester

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Turn the tables and let's see if you could meet our criteria and not say that it is bias and double standard.
Could this standard be debating concepts without evidence?

We did that. It's where we started, with Aristotle and the greek philosophers discussing the natural world using just argument.

Then we discovered that this was no guarantee for determining the truth, that you had to test for this with evidence of objective reality.

From this we developed the scientific method.

As a point of reference, alchemists and astrologers meet this standard: this is not to insult your position or views, but to demonstrate that this standard is low for determining truth and validity.

Science meets this standard plus it's own standard with the scientific method.

If you have some other standard, then please elucidate it.

The question comes down to testing for truth, and what method you use.

Enjoy.

Last edited by RAZD; 08/09/08 07:05 AM.