RE: No verifiable evidence is the Christian position
August 18, 2013 at 3:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2013 at 3:28 pm by Faith No More.)
(August 17, 2013 at 8:49 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Yes absolutely. You have to verify the rock exists before you can believe it. Do you see how dumb that is? The rest of humanity reason that if it looks like a rock, it is a rock.
If we based our knowledge solely on looks, we would have never progressed beyond Newtonian physics.
(August 17, 2013 at 8:49 am)fr0d0 Wrote: No need to test that. Humans are capable of reaching rational conclusions and building on them. This is how a lot of progress is made.
I think you are make a big error by staking your claims on the ability of human. Our whole reality is filtered through the flawed mechanisms of the human mind, which evolved to survive and adapt, not solve the reasons for existence.
And yes, progress is made from building on conclusions. Do you know how? Through, you guessed it, verifiability.
(August 17, 2013 at 8:49 am)fr0d0 Wrote: You would have us transported back to our past where we had instinct and no memory. The goldfish is your evolutionary next step.
So let me get this straight, your position is that requiring verifiable evidence for the answers to complex questions causes us to regress? Do you know how you got that computer you're typing on?
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
