RE: My issues with Atheism, Lets talk :)
February 23, 2010 at 12:54 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2010 at 12:58 pm by objectivitees.)
Quote:Adrian was giving an example of how a statement such as "A solid understanding of science and logic leads to an atheistic worldview." is not necessarily true as a function of science itself. It doesn't steer you toward a conclusion about God or gods. It has no say in unfalsifiable claims.
Oh my Effing god. Can you stay on topic? Whether "science" itself "has no say" in proving or disproving anything, it still is nevertheless the claim Atheists make as a default. It is precisely what the post I responded to did, right after saying it doesn't. It makes no difference if science can't prove anything, but my post did not say it could. It said Atheists default to science to provide arguments that Atheism is true. Then the post claimed that is not true, and immediately thereafter said that an understanding of science tends to lead to Atheism. That statement was an appeal to science's efficacy in doing exactly what the poster said is not done. my comment was to point out that even if you believe science can't "prove" anything, it doesn't stop Atheists from trying to use it nonetheless. Sheesh.
Quote:It was not a fallacy of irrelevance, it's just that you're not completely understanding the subject material.
Yes it was, as my claim was not about what science can do or not do, it was about what Atheists do. Which shows it was you who miss the point and don't understand, not me. Take a course in hermeneutics and save me the time of explaining it to you yet again.
