(May 19, 2009 at 2:54 pm)Darwinian Wrote: If the whole point about faith is that it is not based on evidence and you accept it for that very reason, how do you know which faith to adhere to.
Surely the fact that none of them have any evidence or credibility suggests that they are all as valid as each other, no matter how strange they may seem.
You have to step outside your scientific straight jacket D and accept not everything is described by science. Then you'll see a whole world of reasoning you never knew existed before.
(May 19, 2009 at 3:03 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I've responded to this over and over again. Whether there can be evidence for "God" or NOT that doesn't mean you don't need evidence for God in order to rationally BELIEVE in him...
That's nuts.
(May 19, 2009 at 3:39 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: It does not follow that using science to dismiss theology equates to being a wingnut because nothing supernatural haves EVER Been demonstrated to be and THAT (the utter lack of any supporting evidence) is a scientific issue.
Kyu
The only way you're dismissing theology is with science. You've said before: science is the only true philosophy.