Why I Don't Want To Be An Atheist

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Science is a way to assess evidence without letting your preconceived ideas or prejudices get in the way of establishing the facts. Of course you wont like it, preconceived ideas and prejudices are all you have.  

That's crap. Let look at the scientific method.
In step number 3 you are to formulate a hypothesis and step 4 you are develop testable predictions BASED ON YOUR HYPOTHESIS! That my friend is the definition of a self fulfilling prophesy. like it or not the whole of scientific discovery is based on faith/the honor system that your precious 'scientists' do not fudge their findings to support their theories. Which we know to be the case as theories based on the scientific method are always changing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

All science offers you is a way of outside verification. Meaning a tangible object or physical phenoma can be manipulated or re-verified by this method. The problem? Not all of the universe can be made to fit those two categories. For instance besides God Science can't even be used to explain the complete nature of love.

Or are you so foolish to try and deny love exists even without a scientific explanation?

Science has it limitations, and to use the term science to bridge all the gaps in life is no different than using God to bridge gaps in knowledge.

Science is different because every aspect of science can be supported by facts and evidence.

Not according to the scientific method. Again, Facts are manipulated to fit a theory until they are so overwhelming that a new theory must be formulated. (higgs bosen particle is a good example)

You don't know the first thing about the scientific method Drich.

1) Look at the evidence.

2) Form a hypothesis.

3) Make testable predictions.

4) NOW TEST THOSE PREDICTIONS. (You conveniently forgot this bit)

5) If the experiments succeeded then the hypothesis is likely to be correct.

6) If the experiments failed then you have more evidence and can go back to step 1


What's more, the whole system is set up so that everybody is trying to find flaws in what everyone else is proposing. And when you do come up with a hypothesis that succeeds, you can then use the knowledge for practical purposes. This is why we have engineering and medicine. Things that work in practice. If the scientific method was nothing more than an honour or faith system as you claim, the modern world would not exist and we wouldn't be chatting about this on a discussion forum.