Exposing the Intellectual Bankruptcy of Atheists Criticizing Religion
December 10, 2015 at 1:12 pm
(December 10, 2015 at 9:52 am)ChadWooters Wrote:(December 9, 2015 at 8:06 pm)Evie Wrote: I am on Karl Poppers side, I agree that a scientific theory should be unfalsfiable.
Which is why God is outside of nature... and reality and existence.
Hopefully you know that nature and reality are not coequal terms. As I recall, I'd have to dig in my library for the source, Popper acknowledged the need posit the existence of nonmaterial substances.
I also suggest that you take a few moments to read about logical positivism. Your point of view sees like it matches that. You may find it helpful to examine the presuppositions about rational inquiry that you take for granted. At least then you would have a better understanding of both the weaknesses and strengths of relying entirely on a narrow means for evaluating sensory data.
I am sure that Evie is familiar with logical positivism. You can talk theories of knowledge, philosophies of science, and name drop until you are blue in the face. None of it even comes close to evidence of a supernatural God. Sorry. And if your comeback is that we currently have no scientific avenues to reach god's reality, well, that is a pretty sad argument in favor. It is way more generous than you ought to be.
Chad,
I have a microscopic leprechaun who lives on the tip of my thumb, and dances the jig all day. Wait, you don't believe me? Why not? Just because you can't see the microscopic leprechaun dancing on my thumb, that doesn't mean he doesn't EXIST! There is more to this world than what we may see with our eyes alone!
Oh, so you looked at my thumb under an electron microscope and...what do you know...there was NO microscopic leprechaun dancing on my thumb...well...that's because he can't be found through empirical scientific methods. He is a part of the nature of reality that we lowly humans haven't figured out how to access. THAT's why you can't see him. But he's definitely there!
Chad, can you honestly say that the next logical step in a sane person's train of rational thought is to simply conclude: my tiny leprechaun MUST certainly be real? Am I the only one who sees a gap the size of the Grand Canyon here??
I think I've had too much coffee...
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
