Science and religion

[jstrodel]

Darkstar, you used the word "demostratably", but you don't ever demostrate your conclusions. Every one of your posts that I have seen has argued from authority. Just admit it, your faith is in science. You use science and logical words, but that is not how you build your belief system. Your knowledge of science comes from reading popular level books, not from doing science.

But science works...
And how am I supposed to demonstrate the effectiveness of science over the internet? Wait...the internet...exists.

pragmatic truth claims are obviously very different from correspondent or ethical truth claims.

You made another post where you said that common sense says you should trust in empirical science.

What makes you think this? This is what I used to think when I was about 17 or 18 years old, I used to be an atheist and I had an immense trust in science. I didn't realize the fallibility of science, how quickly it is replaced with new theories, and how limited its sphere it.

Why is it common sense to base everything on empirical science? If you had a relationship with a women, would you consult empirical science for advice? Would you think about statistical methods while you talking to her to discern the right way to act?

What makes you think that empirical science is the best way to understand life?

If the success of science in aiding modern societies is sufficient to attribute the power to grant ultimate knowledge, and ultimate dominion of yourself over to something (as you place ultimate dominion and control of yourself in the hands of science when you trust it), why not use morals based on technology instead? Why not base your morals on wet vac chemical methods?

Say you were going to get married. Why not ask the people that develop chemical formulas for wet vacuum cleaners for advice getting married? Surely wet vacuum cleaners have proved their utility in aiding people to clean floors.