You accept scientific technique when you fly, have DNA tests, etc. yet reject that same knowledge when it shows that the bible was written in ignorance by middle eastern sheepherders thousands of years ago and modified significantly both deliberately — selective inclusion / exclusion, tailored for desired message — and unintentionally — translation and transliteration errors. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The supposed reason for our decision not to do this was that the «update» does not support our supposedly desired message of unprecedented modern warmth (because they appear to suggest that tree growth rate was greater during earlier times including the medieval period; Figure 2b, compare purple and black lines). (realclimate.org)
We begin to desire these messages and notes and postings above anything else and consequently ignore anything else around us.» (canadianbusiness.com)