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(New page: ==Overview== category:terms of convenienceA doctroversy is any "controversy" which only exists due to conflict with religious doctrine; in the minds of most reasonable people, ...) |
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| − | [[category:terms of convenience]]A [[doctroversy]] is any "controversy" which only exists due to conflict with [[religious doctrine]]; in the minds of most reasonable people, there isn't any question to resolve.{{seedling}} | + | [[category:terms of convenience]]A [[doctroversy]] is any "controversy" which only exists due to conflict with [[religious doctrine]], rather than any notable ambiguity in the available [[evidence]]; in the minds of most reasonable people, there isn't any question to resolve.{{seedling}} |
===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
* [[evolution by natural selection]] | * [[evolution by natural selection]] | ||
* [[abiogenesis]] | * [[abiogenesis]] | ||
* [[gay marriage]] | * [[gay marriage]] | ||
| + | * The [[2008 sacred wafer scandal]] erupted largely over the question of whether [[transubstantiation]] is literally true, consequently what degree of crime is committed when a [[Eucharist wafer]] is "abused" (i.e. handled in ways contrary to doctrine) | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 22 February 2009
Overview
A doctroversy is any "controversy" which only exists due to conflict with religious doctrine, rather than any notable ambiguity in the available evidence; in the minds of most reasonable people, there isn't any question to resolve.
Examples
- evolution by natural selection
- abiogenesis
- gay marriage
- The 2008 sacred wafer scandal erupted largely over the question of whether transubstantiation is literally true, consequently what degree of crime is committed when a Eucharist wafer is "abused" (i.e. handled in ways contrary to doctrine)