RE: The Problem with Christians
March 4, 2016 at 11:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2016 at 11:28 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(March 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm)AJW333 Wrote: An example of this is that we generally accept that 4.5 billion years ago there was nothing living on earth, just dirt rocks and water. Since we know of no natural process that creates life from non-life, there must be some process at work above and beyond the natural, ie the supernatural.
AJ.
We generally accept, based on scientific data that 4.5 billion years ago there was nothing living on earth, just dirt rocks and water. We don't know of any natural process that creates life from non-life, but there are hypothetical possibilities which are still being investigated - until we have that answer, based on scientific data, we won't know any answer, and it's best to just leave it at that. Our ignorance does not imply an even more ignorant answer, such as magic, the supernatural, or god to fill the gaps in our understanding.
Saying you don't know when you don't have the answer is not only perfectly OK, it's the only honest answer when ignorance is the only fact.
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