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> The reverse is never true (nothing explained by science has subsequently found a better explanation in religion) 1. Scientific explanations are often found t
by taxicabjesus 8y ago
> The reverse is never true (nothing explained by science has subsequently found a better explanation in religion)
1. Scientific explanations are often found to be incorrect.
2. Scientific explanations are often found to be incomplete.
3. Scientific explanations are often found to build on assumptions.
My posts in this thread are not so much about Religion, but about what do you believe. Everyone believes something. Why do you believe what you do?
- mgamache 8y agoScientific explanations are always incomplete and approximations of an objective reality. Yes all Science has to make fundamental assumptions to function, we all have to make assumptions to function in the real world. There are fewer fundamental assumptions with Science then with religion. I am fallible, but I try believe in things based on evidence.
- taxicabjesus 8y ago> Scientific explanations are [...] approximations of an objective reality. There's one of your beliefs: that there is an "objective reality". I believe in a shared reality, and that each individual has their own subjective reality too. Everyone has their own experience of an event, and their own inner world (dreams, imagined experiences, etc). I would also posit that there is no one "Science". Science is a process. Every individual who investigates the world forms their own conception of what has already been discovered, and what is worth investigating. 'Scientific Consensus' is an agreement about what good scientists are to believe. Simple matters are easy to form a consensus about; complex matters are still under discussion.