RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 21, 2017 at 2:59 pm
(March 21, 2017 at 2:45 pm)SteveII Wrote:(March 21, 2017 at 2:08 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:
Methodological naturalism makes no truth claim. It is a method, a strategy, used in science for pragmatic reasons.
But it does when used in the social sciences! It assigns evolutionary theories by fiat (certainly not with any kind of proof) to questions like "how did religion evolve?", "how did morality evolve", etc. when a theistic worldview has very different answers to those questions.
NO, religion sells made up answers. Scientific method is a tool, it is not a religion and it is not a worldview. You are stupidly equating a hammer to what humans want the hammer to be. Scientific method does not prop up Christianity or Hindu or Buddhist or Jewish or Islam or any religion. Scientific method is why computers work in any country regardless of the religion of the user. Scientific method is why doctors exist regardless of the religion of the doctor or patent, and doctors exist in every nation. Scientific method is why an airplane will fly regardless of the boarders it is flying over or the religion of the pilot or passengers.
"Theistic worldview" is a position, not a tool. Scientific method is a tool, not a position. Just like the assembly instructions to a bicycle is a tool you use to assemble the bike. Religion are simply made up answers as to how you think the parts got there and who has the sole right to tell others how the bike gets assembled. Scientific method doesn't give one shit what your personal beliefs are. It works regardless of your personal beliefs.
Ask a Muslim they will claim Allah is the source of human morality. As a Jew they will say Yahweh is the source of human morality. Ask a Buddhist and they will say Buddha is the source of their morality. But funny we can see acts of compassion in other species such as elephants whom protect their young and even mourn their dead. Our morality IS NOT coming from a religion or holy writing. Our morality is coming from evolution and other species show the same acts of compassion and cruelty to other species and even to their own members. We are NOT above nature, we are not an apex, we are not special, we are merely 1 species among many.
