(June 15, 2014 at 7:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Scientism
Not a made up word. An accurate description of an over dependence on empirical evidence. Exactly what esq said was the majority view of atheists and their reason to dismiss theism.
One can never be too dependent on empirical evidence. If we want to find out if God exists or not, the only reasonable way we can find out is through testable evidence. Whether that would be possible or not is another question.