(July 5, 2017 at 3:48 am)KerimF Wrote:(July 3, 2017 at 10:35 am)TheBeardedDude Wrote: Correlation error? Many scientists are atheist, so they assume all atheists are scientists or into science? Many atheists point to scientific evidence that refutes theistic claims, so theists assume atheists only follow science?
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TheBeardedDude
You both have an interesting remark.
When I personally talk to a theist, he usually quotes certain verses written on his religious references/books. This lets an atheist think that all theists knew their Creator based on faith, not reason; the logical reasoning applied in scientific researches.
On the other hand, when I talk to an atheist, he usually quotes (as evidence) certain statements said/approved by his trusted sources which may be related to philosophy and/or science. This gives the impression that an atheist knew life and the world also based on faith mostly in whatever is called scientific.
In reality, it doesn't matter if someone becomes theist or atheist. What matters is: Does a person trust fully his personal logical reasoning (which he also uses in his scientific studies and work) more than of any other sources or not? If he (theist or atheist) does, he can't, even if he wants to, build his personal set of knowledge based on faith. But this doesn't imply that the personal set of knowledge of a rational atheist and of a rational theist have to be similar (even their basics). But I expect that most people in the world, theists and atheists, don't agree on my previous statement because, in general, men tend to believe that all human beings have to be made of the same nature (same structure).
But what use is faith in either a theistic or atheistic worldview, can't you believe anything by faith. The reason atheists probably talk about science more is because it has a method that demonstrably works.
