To balance things a bit in terms of the faith/science dichotomy which is being discussed currently, on today's news at Yahoo.com there is an article about police apprehending a man who had a gun. The gun appears to be quite old, and the reaction on the Net/comments on the article of some is that this is evidence that the man has time traveled! Now, if you were to ask me I would tell you that there is not much chance of the gun actually having been transported in time, much less less the owner of the gun. That from a creationist! ;)
Now, I will say at the forefront of these comments that I do not accept human time travel, nor the existence of aliens for which there is little (I'm being very generous using that term "little") credible evidence. I consider it fantasy, a childish whim outside the boundaries of hard science and reality. I'm sure there are some people who might argue the "theoretical" reality of it. I'm unimpressed by such discussion, and you'll not soon change my thinking on that. I could mock people who hold such beliefs, and I do mean belief in the fullest sense of the word. But what does that accomplish? I would make me feel superior for a time, but would engender the disdain and even hate that exists too much in the world.
My point in bringing this up? I consider it to be faith, only of a secular kind, denying reality. I observe people of a secular dint believing all manner of what I would consider to be foolish things. Humans have been "wired" for belief, it seems. Let the Darwinists credit nature, and let me credit God for that. Either way, there certainly is no lack of faith exhibited by Naturalists in the existence of a knowledge vacuum. The atheist needs to watch when pointing fingers at the creationist for their faith, for there are as many odd and incredible things believed by those who I consider to idolize science as anyone. :)
Which brings us indirectly to aftermarket audio cables! Audiophiles such as myself might be mocked for believing in the capacity of cabling of various designs to confer sonic changes. Having conducted several interviews with manufacturers and exploring the designs which would be credited with the sonic changes I find it interesting that it is still considered a faith proposition by some. I do not see the argument about cables as a conflict between science and faith, but rather a conflict between theory and observation, which can only be settled by observation., unless one wishes to dump observation in favor of theory. When there are such profoundly weird things believed in the quasi-scientific or socio-political realms I don't feel too badly for believing my senses in observational practice of using power cords. :)
