(July 7, 2014 at 1:20 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:(July 7, 2014 at 11:49 am)SteveII Wrote: While you might only desire facts, beliefs are not irrelevant. Philosophy and science go hand in hand.
I stand by my statement. Whilst philosophy has a place, it does nothing to actually explore reality and explain it, merely theorise on it.
(July 7, 2014 at 11:49 am)SteveII Wrote: You are right to say that science is not concerned with disproving the Bible. That would be a philosophical statement which science, by definition, cannot make. However, many people (including the first post in this thread) seem to think it does and has.
'Science' only reveals what it sets out to reveal. We all have to deal with the consequences of what it reveals.
I would say that science describes reality and philosophy explains it. Official definition something like: the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. That is why you will never find God under a microscope, but through philosophy discover that the existence of God is more plausible that not.
That is the hurdle for atheists. You believe that science is everything and can explain everything. However, that is just the philosophy of naturalism--which, no matter how hard you try, cannot explain everything.
