No verifiable evidence is the Christian position

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Yes Chad. That we create our own purpose is the strict realist/ minimalist approach. I think the theistic answers are an evolutionary step beyond that, and do actually become 'meaningful'.

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If we based our knowledge solely on looks, we would have never progressed beyond Newtonian physics.

Emphasis on 'solely'. And if we based our science solely on what we already know, and not theorised about possibilities we would also never have progressed beyond Newtonian physics.

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.

Then science is on equally shaky grounds. Christianity is founded on reason which is why some say science was it's natural byproduct. Exploration and experimentation is key, but that doesn't mean the fashionable zeitgeist of materialism over sense should discount a whole swathe of human endeavour, which is what you are promoting here.

And yes, progress is made from building on conclusions. Do you know how? Through, you guessed it, verifiability.

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So let me get this straight, your position is that requiring verifiable evidence for the answers to complex questions causes us to regress?

No. As I'm saying: thinking that verifiable evidence is the new holy grail is a huge delusion.