(April 24, 2015 at 3:22 pm)gomlbrobro Wrote: It is crucial to realize that we cannot worship both sides: it is either scientific laws behind the existence of our universe (or universes) and life, or a higher power. It is our duty and favor to us as individuals to honestly evaluate the authenticity of both. The scientists behind the theories are constantly seeking answers that we simply cannot understand. It is a faulty pursuit that insists that we know the answers for everything, or will know in the soon future. Unless you can genuinely believe that all of the scientific assertions make sense, it can’t be wise to invest your belief in it. The possibility that a higher power created the universe, which accepts that we do not know all of the answers with our limited intellect, is the more rational alternative. Given this, the real question should ask where we came from, not how we got here.I find a few observations about the above part.
We don't worship science as you seem to say. We try to understand the workings of the universe, using a particular methodology, which is highly effective.
Science is not seeking answers that we cannot understand, rather scientists are seeking to understand.
It is a strong ethical rule in science, that if we do not know an answer, we say just that - ie. we do not know the answer.
If saying that we do not know all of the answers is rational, (which it is), then science is more rational than believing in a god.
The reason - which follows from what you are saying here - is that we cannot know god, (even if it exists).
When we do not know of the answer(s) to the types of questions which science looks to answer, plugging in that "God" did it, is not an answer or an explanation.
Science is looking into where we came from, and that is surely part of the answer to how we got here. Think of any journey. If you know where you came from, it helps to answer how you got here. So asking where we came from is part of science.
Note that I do not mean to imply that where we came from is an actual place. What I mean by ' where we came from', is what are our origins? - (all the way back as far as we can discern or conjecture, including before the big bang).
If you're reading this gomlbrobro, I commend you for using your brain, putting your ideas down, sharing them, and for seeking criticisms.
There are no atheists in terrorist training camps.