(February 7, 2017 at 8:19 pm)Lek Wrote:(February 7, 2017 at 8:18 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: When scientists experiment on animals by giving them cancer, there are always a small % of animals that go into remission spontaneously.
Is god also healing rats?
Maybe. Maybe not. I'm not saying there's not a scientific answer.
But not having a scientific answer to this, and any of the other questions you raised, does not get close for the need to invoke a god for an answer.
The list of things that were once explained by invoking a god, that are better explained by natural mechanisms, is endless.
The list of things that were once explained by natural mechanisms, that are better explained by a god, is none existent.
The list of things that we currently do not have a scientific explanation for, does not mean they fall into the latter list, by default.
Sometimes, the answer "we don't know yet" is the best answer.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
