The Other Guy’s Perspective

Okay, so let’s clarify a few points on that first blog post. That was written by Kevin, the originator of this great podcast idea. Kevin and I are good friends, and we’ve come to enjoy our little debates, but we do have differing view points.

So I wanted to point up the notion where he says “We are not interested in raging at creationists, and ghost hunters.” On this point we are in complete agreement.

Now, as for the “The simple fact is that there are rational points to consider in these debates, and the rest is simply reactionary” comment, well. All of the rest is reactionary? Really?

My position is that religion, dogma, homeopathic medicine and the like are not bad things, and in fact can be integral to a person’s peace of mind, sense of identity, sense of community.

However, people have died because of these things. People have been killed in the name of a religion, people have been poisoned by bad medicines, and worse yet, people have died that could have lived because the science of the day was not given the respect that was its due.

What we intend here is to air out difficulties faced by scientists and by people trying to live by rational, methodical thinking, to laud the great events that support science, and perhaps lampoon when science is stupidly curtailed or ignored.

Science is not the enemy of religion. My view is that science makes no claim to the existence of god or the supernatural for the simple reason that science deals only with notions that can be measured quantitatively and qualitatively, in such a way that hypotheses can be constructed that can predict some phenomenon, and tests can be performed to support or disprove those hypotheses. Everything else is just human beings.

What we as moderators hope to be able to do is to use our common viewpoints and our different perspectives and opinions, to spark some debate among our panelists, and our audience. Part of gaining respect for our scientists and the good it brings to our world is by discussing it and its relevance to our daily lives.

So we encourage you, our audience, to get involved, volunteer to become a panelist, write feedback to the blogs, send us emails at mailto:comments@exquisitetruth.com.

Inaugural Post

Welcome to the Exquisite Truth blog site. Our podcast and companion site are intended as a subtle alternative to the hyperbole of the ongoing science/religion debate raging in our culture at the moment. We are not interested in raging at creationists, and ghost hunters. The simple fact is that there are rational points to consider in these debates, and the rest is simply reactionary. We hope to delve into real questions of truth, separate from dogma, and wishful thinking. We intend to build a community of actual rationalists interested in honest inquiry.