(June 14, 2015 at 12:55 am)Aroura Wrote:Quote:The problem with the "God-of-the-gaps" objection is that it can have unintended consequences for atheism. Specifically, it makes atheism impossible to falsify, in the same way that most religious beliefs cannot be falsified. Rather than rely on science, "God-of-the-gaps" pushes atheism far away from being a scientific belief.
If there was atheistic dogma, and our lack of belief was based heavily on the god-of-the-gaps (science will fill it in eventually) argument, you might have a point.
But there isn't, and we don't. So this entire article is moot.
I can't speak about atheist dogma, but I can say this with confidence: a lot of folks who post here regularly are convinced that while science has not explained everything yet, eventually, it will. Only Julia L (or Jenny A - I get them confused) has said that no, science cannot answer every question.
(To be fair, I'm sure many would admit that to be true if asked directly. But others post as if their faith in science prohibits such an admission.)