(January 1, 2013 at 9:46 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: Yes its perfect timing, and I accept the many points made but I hold my position that because the God I believe in can never be proved or disproved by science EVER because He does not exist anywhere science can search or even have the tools to search. It cannot be proved or disproved. God is not like any other phenomenon that science can explore and the acceptance of a belief or not in God does not in itself hamper science from progression or making definative statements about what it is equiped to deal with. I do not try to shift the burden of proof rather i contend that in this situation there is no burden of proof on either party unless one party sets out to prove to the other that are wrong. I do not set out to prove you are wrong so no burden accepted.
I agree that it is not only okay but absolutely necessary to proceed with operational beliefs for which you have only a hunch or a subjective rationale. It may also be possible to hold these private beliefs in such a way that it would not interfere with ones science literacy or even ones ability to contribute to science. But do you really hold your belief in god this way? Doesn't your belief in the bible as a source of facts about god's will create at least potentially insurmountable challenges your ability to judge what theory the facts really support?
For example, do you find that abiogenic life formation and evolution any problem? How about the possibility to have moral experience without a godly do and don't do list? Big bang? Are there any assertions made in the bible that you find incompatible with the best scientific evidence? Just wondering.
