what science is
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in science , lets just withhold judgment for now and do more research, we dun have to commit to some big grand theory of ailen visitng us. lets just say we don't know what it is. -
And that should be the theory scientists should hold about divine beings. There's nothing wrong if they don't believe in God, but time should not be wasted on radical atheism, where there are scientists working actively to disprove what cannot be disproved.Originally posted by january:quoted from skeptic editor
in science , lets just withhold judgment for now and do more research, we dun have to commit to some big grand theory of ailen visitng us. lets just say we don't know what it is. -
yea it cannot b disproved coz 'faith' approves everythingOriginally posted by SturmDerSchatten:And that should be the theory scientists should hold about divine beings. There's nothing wrong if they don't believe in God, but time should not be wasted on radical atheism, where there are scientists working actively to disprove what cannot be disproved.
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I don't understand this radical atheism thing. If you point out that Santa Claus does not exist, are you a radical anti-Santa Clausist? I suppose you would be but no one would call you that.
The only reason why it cannot be disproved is because ultimately, you can't prove a negative.
No one should have to prove that that gods do not exist. The burden of proof is on the religious to prove that gods do exist.Originally posted by SturmDerSchatten:And that should be the theory scientists should hold about divine beings. There's nothing wrong if they don't believe in God, but time should not be wasted on radical atheism, where there are scientists working actively to disprove what cannot be disproved. -
Anti, Neutral and Pro is 3 different thing.Originally posted by Phaze:I don't understand this radical atheism thing. If you point out that Santa Claus does not exist, are you a radical anti-Santa Clausist? I suppose you would be but no one would call you that.
The only reason why it cannot be disproved is because ultimately, you can't prove a negative.
No one should have to prove that that gods do not exist. The burden of proof is on the religious to prove that gods do exist. -
yup. scientist cannot prove to you that god dun exist because there are so many planets and places in the universe that we humans have not been to.Originally posted by SturmDerSchatten:And that should be the theory scientists should hold about divine beings. There's nothing wrong if they don't believe in God, but time should not be wasted on radical atheism, where there are scientists working actively to disprove what cannot be disproved.
In these far away places, there may be unicorns, spiderman and our most beloved god living happily and they come together every evening and have a couple of beers.
Therefore, we cannot say that spiderman and unicorns do not exist.
Finally, if your children ask you whether spiderman is real or not, how would u answer them?
Would you say "dear son, i cannot prove to you that spiderman is not real, so there is a possibility that spiderman is out there somewhere."
After all, spiderman is created by some comic artist so it must have been the real spiderman that inspired the comic artist to produce the comic in the past. And one day, a child who is sick for a long time after trying so many medicine , decides to blow up a spiderman balloon and pray to him. After praying, he recovers from the illness. Therefore the act of blowng up a spiderman balloon and praying is the reason for his curing.
Another kid hears his story and he also has a long illness. He did the same thing but still did not recover. So he went to the first kid and ask him why he was not cured. The first kid therefore told him: "spiderman has its own plan and reason for everything" -
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No, that is just disbelief. However, radical atheism is atheism to the point where religious people (no matter of what degree) are denounced by the person without provision of proper arguments. Radical atheism is when atheists make comments like "Nature gave me a brain. I just choose to use it." in public, and then proceed to imply all religious people are stupid. Radical atheism is when someone disregards the opinions of anyone they don't determine to be atheist enough. How different is that from the "enemy" they want to eradicate?Originally posted by Phaze:I don't understand this radical atheism thing. If you point out that Santa Claus does not exist, are you a radical anti-Santa Clausist? I suppose you would be but no one would call you that.