RE: Atheist VS Naturalist - the latter sounds more appealing to me...
May 28, 2020 at 8:53 pm
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2020 at 8:54 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(May 28, 2020 at 8:41 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(May 28, 2020 at 8:25 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Give a counter example, and how it can potentially be demonstrated.
I just got through saying that I changed my mind. It can't be demonstrated. Because True Believers can always find a way.
Find a way to what?
Quote:Science can't explain some things right now. You assume that all those things can be explained by science eventually.
No. I actually don’t assume that. But, until there’s a way to demonstrate a not-natural cause, that means “supernatural” causes, and as-of-yet explained natural causes are indistinguishable.
Personally, I stick to “I don’t know.” I think that’s the most intellectually honest position for most mysteries. If science ends up explaining it, cool. If not, then I stand at “I don’t know.” And, believe me, I have a few of these from personal experience. Sometimes it’s not easy to sit at “I don’t know” for long periods of time. But as I said, until there’s a way to show the supernatural as a cause, or that such a separate category of reality exists at all, I don’t see how such a leap would be reasonable.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
