From: rbnstein@bucsf.bu.edu (Michael Rubinstein)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: In regards to the Truth...
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Date: 23 Jul 91 20:53:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: goff@pops.navo.navy.mil's message of 23 Jul 91 18:20:36 GMT

First, a correction: "In regards" is ungrammatical. Your subject line
would read better as "With regard to the Truth..."

Now, then: You, my fellow poster, have every right to your faith. You
need not challenge us to shake it. I find there to be many beautiful
things about it.

I desire to clear up vast confusion about the philosophy of science.
People who truly understand what science is know that there is NO
conflict between science and faith, of ANY kind. They occupy two
completely seperate domains. Science is not about Truth; it is about
UTILITY. A person's faith should neither affect nor be affected by
his/her application of science.

The trouble with Scientology is that it blurs the distinctions between
science and religion and faith, and thereby weakens each.

--
Michael Rubinstein
rbnstein@bucsf.bu.edu
DISCLAIMER: The opinions above are solely mine, and I refuse to mark
them with IMHO's. If you can't tell fact from opinion, you should be
running for office instead of reading news.