The bible's contradictions visualized.
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@Morning_star, the logical stance is not to believe in anything made up. The onus is on the person that speaks of an invisible being to prove it exists. Not on the non-believer to disprove it (the concept didn't exist until someone invented it after all).
This whole thing breaks down for a couple of reasons though
Karl Popper's concept of Falsifiability:http://en.wikiped... The idea that a Hypothesis can only ever be proved wrong, never 100% true. However with the issue of faith, by definition there will never be any proof, so the two ideas conflict. You can never prove or disprove that there is such a things a god.
The only realm where a hypothesis can be proved 100% correct is in mathematics.So in essence you are right, an atheistic person, if they follow scientific method, should always be open to the fact that god may exist, because all possibilities are open until disproved.
to quote Tim Minchin:
Science adjusts its beliefs based on what’s observed
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preservedno side will ever win this debate. Both sides just need to see it from the other's perspective and realise that both approaches have merit in some ways.
- Thank you for this intelligent and well reasoned response. Clearly you've done some reading/thinking on the subject; it's incredibly refreshing to come across someone who has.BRNK
- it's incredibly refreshing to come across someone who has.BRNK
- I agree with your assessment totally.BRNK
- Well said.
Morning_star - :) thanks. Yes I have. I consider myself a rationalist/humanist over atheistBaskerviIle
- Thanks, I didn't realize I had to explain it to that detail, but apparently some people require itmonospaced
- too bad for the god camp their "proofs" are so awfulscarabin
- "Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved" is a false claim though. I can exemplify.Beeswax