(April 27, 2015 at 11:47 pm)gomlbrobro Wrote: “Unless one can genuinely believe that all of these secular scientific assertions make sense, it can’t be wise to invest their belief in it….”
In other words, unless one personally dives in to the study and proof of evolution and astrophysics, that person is essentially putting faith in another person’s beliefs and conclusions to be sound. Similarly, that same person will refuse to believe in theistic teachings. Why put faith in the biased assertions of scientists over the biased assertions of theism. (I say theism because the teachings/representation of a religion is not always what that religion was originally founded upon). Why so easily accept one, yet not genuinely search the answers for the other?
I don't go around deciding ad hoc which way to toss my belief. Science is a sensible method for expanding empirical understanding of the natural world. It doesn't matter if I have the expertise to understand every scientific discovery, nor do I expect too. But that doesn't mean I need to supplement my beliefs with magical thinking.
I start with the bias that the natural world is all encompassing. If deities were real, they'd be natural. 'Supernatural' is a nonsensical and unnecessary category. I believe in extraordinary things, but I don't see any of them as magical or separate in any way from everything else. There is no reason for me to look into magical theistic ideas as a viable alternative. It only seems that way to you because you start with the bias.
