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Author Topic:   Is science wrong to be naturalistic?
mark24
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Message 6 of 6 (503)
12-01-2001 11:17 AM
Reply to: Message 4 by ShannonMay
10-12-2001 10:26 PM


First of all ShannonMay, you claim to be very logical.
"However, the explanations of science have failed to prove to me that God doesn't exist. It has failed to truely prove evolution to me. "
How is this logical? You believe something without basis, but reject something that does have? It seems ILLOGICAL to me that you expect evolution to prove itself as absolute fact before you accept it, yet persist in a belief with no evidence, accept it as fact & put the onus on others to disprove a negative. This is biased thinking in the extreme.
"A science that denies the probability that anything outside their grasp doesn't exist, fails to make me see how they can answer such large and important questions."
Science DOESN'T disprove God, it merely says there is no evidence for God. NO one can tell you God doesn't exist on the basis of science. If people think they can then they misunderstand what science is. You need to be clear on this. All science does is form scientific theories based on observable evidence. That theory ISN'T FACT, it is merely something that has a higher chance of being true than some idea not based on evidence. New evidence requires new theories, meaning the old ones were never 100% true in the first place. I'm not giving you a way out here, science says to theorise, there must be evidence, religion lacks it. The best science can do to religion is say "why believe that, why not believe anything ridiculous you can think of", & they would be right. Thats different to disproving God.
"If there is a God and we believed then all the better for us.I personally believe that if you consider what it would mean to no believe in God and die and find out he does exist, you would suddenly find that it is not such a bad idea to trust in a power higher than yourself."
Firstly, it takes more than just saying it. Secondly, are you suggesting your God is so immature as to reject me from Heaven for not believing in Him? Thirdly, why would it be so bad to die & realise I'm wrong about God? I hope I am. Just can't see it, thats all.

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