The ways to know reality?

[Ace Otana]

My theist buddy keeps telling me I'm arrogant for thinking that all there is to knowing truth is experience, science, and reason. I asked him, what other way is there for coming to the truth of a matter? He said "divine revelation." But I explained to him that you have to use experience, science and reason to make sure the person giving the revelation is trustworthy and that what he says is actually true. So it just comes back to experience, science and reason.

What he's saying is instead of using science (which has been tested time and time again and is an effective tool to understanding the known and unknown) but to trust in personal feelings and faith.
He's not making any sense, but of course he wants his religious beliefs to be true, he's not interested in what's real or not.
Thing is, it's not arrogant to use a tried and tested tool and effective method to understand things. It is however arrogant to state that you know what's real or not through personal feelings and faith.

Also what's funny is that they say it's arrogant to state that we're tiny biological specks with no real significance and that we're nothing but a very brief flash compared to the immense age of the universe. And yet they believe that they're the purpose of the universe?! Who's the arrogant one?


When they comment on our views, they're actually describing themselves. Arrogant, ignorant, ect.