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Subject: balance is needed from both sides
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Not a single religious person I know (and I know quite a few from a broad spectrum of faiths) will assert that the chemical component of love does not exists. I am certain there are some out there, but I would gamble that there are as many of those believers as there are those who believe completely in science and dismiss the existence of the spiritual realm. I have met a few of those pure science believers.

My point about spiritual love and science is that the theories of science do not acknowledge a spiritual realm. Scientific method insists that the spiritual realm can not be proven to exist by observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning, thus it must be assumed that it does not. Further, scientific method can pinpoint a chemical response
Posted:2/20/2009
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Chris D, Seattle, WA, United States , Male , Wiccan , Straight , 4 Years of College , Lower middle class
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Subject: er, no...
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you stated that "Scientific method insists that the spiritual realm can not be proven to exist by observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning, thus it must be assumed that it does not."

actually since 'science' observes/describes phenomonae (not explains them), I doubt that such an assumption would be made.

Of course, the observations are not perfect, as they are limited by experimental errors, both systematic and random. That doesn't mean the observations are bad. It just means that they have limitations, of which scientists are aware. These limitations mean that the conclusions are also not perfect.

Scientists will hardly ever give you "the right answer". Instead, they'll say things like "its likely that", or "it's probable
Posted:2/24/2009
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Mara D, Dallas, GA, United States , Female , Agnostic , White/Caucasian , Straight , data manager , 2 Years of College , Middle class
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