(September 25, 2011 at 8:34 am)Justtristo Wrote: * Metaphysical Naturalism is philosophical worldview and belief system that there is nothing but natural elements, principles and relations of the kind that can be studied by the sciences.A belief system indeed, that relies on faith of something unproven. Unlike faith in God which is based upon reason.
(September 25, 2011 at 9:52 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: Any theory that cannot be scientifically verified is probably wrong.Irrelevant. Science can only test what falls within it's remit.
(September 25, 2011 at 5:59 am)Stimbo Wrote: It's also debatable regarding its divine nature, unless you concede the point that it's not at all divine. The descriptions of the universe as presented in the bible are, in many if not all cases, demonstrably falseYou are joining two very different subjects here, and stating that one is wrong because it fails to meets the criteria of the other.
Flat earth theory is certainly not biblical. Indeed the aincient near easteners would find your assumptions amusingly ignorant. They understood the message, because it was their way of describing the divine, where you are faltering trying to understand it literally. that's why we have to look so intensely at context to derive the original meaning.
(September 25, 2011 at 5:59 am)Stimbo Wrote: I note in passing that the more outlandish claims in the biblical accounts are indistinguishable from similar stories in other, older mythologies.Context.