RE: How can Atheists trust science if a non-material realm of ideas and truth does not ex
August 9, 2010 at 7:52 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2010 at 9:44 am by KichigaiNeko.)
(August 9, 2010 at 7:16 am)rybak303 Wrote: If the universe consists of a material realm only and there is no such thing as a non-material/spiritual realm of higher ideas and absolute truth. If our reason and science is only the interactions of matter upon matter and has no basis in a non-material realm of absolute truth then why should atheists believe in objective truth? And if atheists do not believe in objective truth than how can they trust reason and science? How can one trust reason and science as a path to objective truth if objective truth does not exist?
Sorry possum...but I'm not understanding your problem.
There is no alternate "reality" aka non-material spiritual realm of higher anything.
Perhaps you are speaking of your own wishful thinking?
Objectivity is very difficult to be "absolute" since humans are the ones who are striving to objectively study and observe the universe around them. As each new piece of information is uncovered it adds to our knowledge.
One can trust science to at least try to correct it's errors of perception and the 'truths' it finds.
so you are saying that water does not make you wet??
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
