Serious Problems with Atheism

[Asmodee]

Oh, the site is probably blocking you as spam or something. An admin here can probably help you out with that.

Yeah I think they are working on it, hopefully this one will work; Thank you all for replies, Just a thought about what Science is Really about these days;

Professor of Genetics, Richard Lewontin wrote; “We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfil many of its extravagant 

promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism. It

 is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori 

adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, 

that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.”  Billions and Billions of Demons, The New York Review, 9 January, 1997, p. 31.

Is this an objective search for truth?

This is a common mistake.  Science isn't a "search for truth".  No scientific idea is ever considered to be "true".  Science is a search for understanding.  The underlying theories do not have to be "true" for them to give us understanding.  For instance, the theory of gravity predicts the existence of something called the graviton, being the cause of gravity.  This particle has never been detected.  We don't know if that's right or not.  But we can still use the theory of gravity to calculate the proper speed and trajectory to enter the orbit of a body in space.  The theory isn't "true", but it does give us "understanding".  It doesn't matter if it's true or not, as long as it's useful.

How else can we continue to discuss atheism if we leave science out of it? Atheists constantly say there's no evidence for God, isn't that a scientific statement?

Atheism and science are not even remotely related.  The two have nothing in common.  Most atheists accept most science, but one can both be atheistic and deny all science.

God gives meaning to our lives by His very existence; with God existing, we have a chance at Eternal Life and Love, those are the Only things that give meaning to our otherwise pointless lives that end either in a hole in the ground or cremation oven.

For you.  I disagree.  My children give my life meaning.  Each person decides for him or her self what meaning their life has.  It is not assigned to us.