RE: Proof that God exists
January 14, 2018 at 9:34 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2018 at 9:52 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(January 14, 2018 at 8:19 pm)Conspiracy_of_reason Wrote: Yet we believe science tells us it is certain.
Empiricism comes with its own set of epistemological constraints--we can never have certain knowledge through empiricism.
If we believe what science tells us is certain, then we are wrong. Science provides a framework in which conclusions can be reached based on experimental data. Anyone who understands science knows that. As long as we keep observing the universe, new data can come to light which challenges our previous conclusions.
Again, science requires little faith on our part. If we misunderstand gravity, there are enterprising theoreticians and experimenters who make it their life's work to correct this misunderstanding. "We might have gotten gravity wrong," is something you hear physicists say in pop science literature. Contrast this with your statement: "Yet we believe science tells us it is certain." Science doesn't tell us it is certain. It tells us that this is the best empirical understanding we have at this point. Contrast with religion. Religion "tells us it is certain." That's why so many reject it.
On a side note, I noticed you flubbed your quotation of Khemikal above. (It happens with newcomers.) The link below will give you the basics of BB code so you can understand things (like how to quote segments of another post point by point instead of the whole thing etc.)
https://atheistforums.org/thread-3560.html
