[Barry the Sprout]

Originally posted by Yorick: Barry, I'm calling a spade a spade. It has nothing to do with opinions. I presented a FACT: The definition of what a word in the English language is, yet Dramnek kept arguing his opinion. If he's wrong he's wrong. The fact is that the English word "science' applies to theology, no matter how much an atheist may argue it is not so. On this case, the argument is not about worldview, but language. Science and faith are not opposite. Science and religion are not incompatible. Science can be part of faith and part of religion, just as faith can be part of the scientific method, and the scientific community. Any attempt to belittle theology as valid scientific study is little other than an attempt to extend ones own atheistic reality onto others. It's prejudging the CONTENT rather than the METHOD of the field of study.

Once again Yorick you've proved that you can present an opinion without riling people. My argument was not over the factual content of the words but instead over the choice of phrase. You seem to be able to put your point across without resorting to antagonism, which seems to suggest to me that you just wanted to annoy Eisendram with that comment. I just disagreed with your phrasing - not the idea. You may be calling a spade a spade but you were doing so in such an overly antagonistic manner that it was bound to kick the two of you into a slightly less civil argument than you have previously had.