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Typical theists versus typical atheists
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RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists
There's nothing "high-class" about using scientific metrics proving something. That is an objective, empirical way of proving something that can be commonly observed by the rest of us. Science has never been about a separate elite class; their claims are always open to valid dispute from anyone and are only considered proven if they can be reached through objective observation available to anyone.

On the other hand, there is something intrinsically "high-class" about religious metrics, which often involve personal internal revelations which are common only to a select few and appear to be arbitrarily absent from those who don't share the same faith. If a belief in the faith is required to gain one access to evidence of any sort as to the existence of God or the veracity of the religion's claims, then there's a select "high-class" involved — those not of the faith are excluded from the possibility of attaining relevant evidence. That is not the case with science, where the evidence is always open for all to see and nobody is excluded from observing or disputing scientific processes.

The difference between the "earthly" and "heavenly" ruling realms is that the former is able to proven through universally empirical means, while the latter is a claim forwarded by ancient scriptures and traditions completely devoid of any universal or empirical basis.



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Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 2, 2017 at 9:39 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 3, 2017 at 11:58 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by YouOnlyLiveTwice - July 3, 2017 at 8:43 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by brewer - July 3, 2017 at 10:26 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 5, 2017 at 11:08 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 5, 2017 at 12:33 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 9, 2017 at 12:30 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 10, 2017 at 2:47 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 11, 2017 at 2:51 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by Succubus - July 12, 2017 at 12:16 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 13, 2017 at 3:36 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 13, 2017 at 5:36 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 14, 2017 at 4:39 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 14, 2017 at 12:32 pm
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 14, 2017 at 10:06 am
RE: Typical theists versus typical atheists - by KerimF - July 15, 2017 at 2:10 pm

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