Faith Well Grounded

I've been blogging on the faith inherent in science. This is the equivalent to intellectual suicide in the eyes of some. It's called an error of equivocation. But I must strongly disagree. There are literal parallels between the faith of the theologian and the faith of many in the scientific community. A look at some of their statements reveals the fact.

I’m linking to an article by Philip Johnson that highlights this fact. Of immediate interest to my subject matter, Johnson comments/quotes:

This is the next installment dealing with the double-standards between science and theism-- specifically the faith allowed in the former as opposed to the latter.

I was over at "Stand to Reason" today (the link is on my blog roll), and they have a very well-written response to the NewsWeek discussion hosting Rick Warren and Sam Harris. Melinda points out many specific instances where Mr. Harris misrepresents Christianity in his evaluation of it. Now, we all know how easy it is to beat up on the "straw man", and in my opinion the need to build such a straw man is an indication of a weak position.