RE: Atheism Undermines Knowledge
May 3, 2013 at 4:26 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2013 at 4:29 pm by Faith No More.)
(May 3, 2013 at 4:06 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Then you misunderstood or I was not sufficiently clear. This is neither an argument from ignorance nor an attempt to fill gaps in knowledge. My point is that in order to believe, without contradiction, in the validity of inductive reasoning, you must also believe in a transcendent influence (i.e. god) that imposes regularity on causal relationships. Since atheism denies the transcendent governance of physical laws, it simultaneously denies the validity of inductive reasoning.
Can you demonstrate that without a transcendent governance regularity on causal relationships would not exist, and that this transcendent governance must be a conscious entity? If you cannot demonstrate that a god is required for these things, you are asking me to accept an argument from ignorance.
(May 3, 2013 at 3:47 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I'm marking all you guys with an F. Please answer the question rather than addressing your own that wasn't asked.
The answer is "I don't know, but I refuse to fill that gap in knowledge with god."
Do I have to give you an F for failing to understand that?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell