(April 22, 2015 at 10:44 am)robvalue Wrote:(April 22, 2015 at 10:30 am)Brian37 Wrote: I cant stand it when theists try to argue about science. If one can accept that there is no Thor theory of lightening surely they can understand that scientific method does not favor any religion or god claim because unlike religion, science does not prop up personal bias.
I know, I don't get it. It's like they stick "God did it" post it notes over every tiny hole in scientific knowledge, and grudgingly remove them as science grows. What's the point? Someone doing that just can't care about the truth.
I cant give you the youtube link of Neil making this same argument because since I saw it there have been tons more.
But, just like in the Cosmos series, in that one video Neil points out throughout history in all religions humans hitting a wall they cant get past, stopping and going "thats it, we cant go any further, God did it" only to have future scientists break that wall.
I hate the false accusation that if you say "you don't need that old claim" is being closed minded. The opposite is true. It made sense in antiquity that humans would gap fill because they didn't know any better. But when something is way past the point of not knowing any better, when you have better ways of measuring the world, it goes from unintentional ignorance to willful ignorance, and that is closed minded.
