MC Banhammer Posted:

I won’t be holding my breath for any future discoveries which would change widely-held current scientific beliefs, because history suggests that I will be dead long before that happens.

What you’re seemingly failing to realize is that your argument above could have been worded, 5000 years ago, as “The preponderance of evidence currently points to a Earth-centric solar system. It could be disproved by future discoveries. But I will not be holding my breath. Will you?” And it was only what, 4000 years later that this was first challenged in a meaningful way?

And when it comes right down to it, whether all objects move around the Earth, the sun, or most likely around a singular point, is irrelevant in my day-to-day life, and over the entire course of my life. Same thing with evolution. But my relationship with my Diety — that impacts me every minute of every day. Where do you suggest I put my energies?

I’ve only caught up this far in the thread, but I would like to earnestly emptyquote an amazing post. People’s dismissal of my “go watch pale blue dot” argument as a strawman were perfectly correct in logical terms, but the sooner you realize that the biggest and most important questions facing mankind operate outside of logical confines, the better off you’ll be.