(October 11, 2012 at 8:42 am)Akincana Krishna dasa Wrote: I'd like to ask a question. Not challenge, but question.
Scientists believe in all manner of entities that cannot be directly perceived: protons, electrons, quarks, bosons, black holes, nuclear forces, etc. They believe in these things because they help them understand natural phenomenon which they do perceive. Correct?
But God isn't one of those things that scientists can believe in because... why?
It's fine that your gods cannot be perceived directly. If there was any evidence of their properties, activity or existence, I think we could all deal with indirect evidence. But protons, electrons, quarks, bosons, black holes and nuclear forces aren't things we're eager to believe in for their own sake. Rather, they help to explain the phenomena we do perceive and to provide a unified explanation for it all.
Then too, the whole point of scientific theory is to give a natural account of things. It would be odd to run experiments to learn in detail about the way things work only to attribute it all to the whim of some deities.
