Abiogenesis split from Death thread

[Tassman]

We agree on what hypotheses are - you fail to grasp the meaning (in the relevant sub-definition) of faith. It is a subjective assurance of the truth: whether grounded in empirical truth, pure speculation, or something between the extremes is irrelevant.
Hypothoses have not been established as empirical truths - they are reasonable and logical extrapolations supported by evaluation of observed phenomena.
When you assert that a hypothesis is an established truth, you are relying on logical extrapolations and interpretations for making the claim.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de.../english/faithhttp://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0...cienceworks_19

[tabibito]

http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0...cienceworks_19

Hypothoses have not been established as empirical truths - they are reasonable and logical extrapolations supported by evaluation of observed phenomena.

Would you care to explain how the two statements are materially different?

Filtered through the eyes of a bigot who can't see past a label. Of course it would seem that way.

[Tassman]

Would you care to explain how the two statements are materially different?

Filtered through the eyes of a bigot who can't see past a label. Of course it would seem that way.

[tabibito]

I didn't assign the "faith" label to the hypothesis - I assigned it to the before-the-fact action of calling a hypothesis a theory.

[Tassman]

I didn't assign the "faith" label to the hypothesis - I assigned it to the before-the-fact action of calling a hypothesis a theory.

why use it at all in this context?

[shunyadragon]

"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood become a matter of life and death to you." -- C.S. Lewis

Matters of physical life and death should never be the determining factors of 'truth nor falsehood.'