Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:43:33 -0500
Subject: Re: M-G: Confusionism and the power of Marxist analysis


Hugh Rodwell wrote:

"...no one would raise an eyebrow at the incredible accuracy
of scientists' forecasts relating to the orbital paths of heavenly bodies
or satellites, **or scientists' claims that they understand the processes
involved.**"

I would not raise an eyebrow--I would flat out reject the claim.  These
"scientists" claim such perfect understanding that they reject as
"impossible" and "counter to the laws of nature" the overwhelming testimony
of the ancients that they experienced terrestrial cataclysms (like the
Biblical Exodus and the "Long Day" of Joshua) caused by the close approach
of one of those "heavenly  bodies" that today pursue paths of perfect
harmless regularity in the sky.  Their claims are like those of bourgeois
social science--perfectly accurate about day-to-day trivia but completely
impotent before catastrophic or revolutionary phenomena.

Shane Mage




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