RE: Why do Athiests require 'proof' that God exists?
May 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2012 at 1:57 pm by Welsh cake.)
(May 9, 2012 at 10:13 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Philosophy plays a significant role in both establishing methodologies (Popper) and the interpretation of results… generally, if science cannot measure it, it’s not part of science…the demand for physical evidence of metaphysical entities… is not a valid request.[/i]Nonsense. You're forgetting Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics that states our limits to measuring the physical properties of particles.
Quote:Jesus lover addresses what I believe to be the primary weakness of materialism: its inability to account for the emergence of subjective experience out of nonconscious matter.I don't think anything can sensibly account for what you're proposing because you're not making any sense Chad.
What do you mean by "nonconscious matter" exactly? Something other than conscious or semiconscious matter? What?
Quote:While ‘I don’t know’ is a valid response and approaching the issue warrants a large measure of humility, the idea that science will someday ‘explain’ the phenomena fails to recognize the limits of the scientific method.What scientific phenomena are you addressing? Or are you just referring to personal experience which is completely irrelevant to the scientific method?
Quote:Materialism has so far failed to meet that challenge of providing an adequate theory of how subjective experience adheres to physical matter. Any takers?Do you gloat when your toaster fails to wash your clothes? Materialism is only concerned with matter and energy. The theory would have your subjective experiences falling under chemistry which is physical. Materialism has its weaknesses but not what you're criticising it for. I personally switch between materialism to physicalism and use the two interchangeably on the subject of defining matter/energy i.e what demonstrably exists.