Do Atheists have FAITH that Science is right?

Question

A lot of theories and if you believe in a theory ( or something that hasn't been proven ) you just have FAITH in it right?

So the Big Bang and Evolution are now Laws and not theories.......hmmmm.......

Answer 1

Faith is to believe in something without the luxury of proof, such as god. You have faith in god without any possible proof of existence.

It's like saying we believe the the stork brings babies to pregnant women. No proof in that. The scientific explanation of children is that the male's sperm fertilizes the female's egg and in 9 months, that egg becomes a baby (pretty simplified).

Why don't you look up the definition of 'theory' as it relates to science. Everything in science is a theory. Gravity, for instance, is still a theory. You believe in gravity don't you?

Science is based on theories backed by lots of proof. And as such, I don't need faith to believe in it - I can see the information that backs all of the scientific theories.

I'm not a scientist and I won't try to explain what I do know.. I just know it. Why don't you refrain from spouting off your ignorance and read up on something you have no idea of.

Answer 2

Nope!

Though Evolution was still a theory last I checked, so if it became law, that's a new one on me. Even so, it doesn't matter as your definition of theory is wrong. Just because something hasn't been proved 100%, doesn't mean that it never will be or that it's a matter of faith.

Theory: n. 1. a speculative plan. 2. a formulation of underlying principles of certain observed phenomena that has been verified to some degree. 3. the principles of an art or science, rather than its practice. 4. a conjecture or guess

Look at definition #2. Evolution has been proved repeatedly to a certain, reasonable degree. It probably won't be proven to the point of being scientific law in our lifetimes, given that doing so is quite the monumental task and will take more time than we'll have left to live, but it's likely to be proven eventually. Certainly far more proven than God.

Outside of quoting Scripture(which I might like to point out is 2000 years old and was originally written in Aramaic or another long-dead/lost language, thusly being mistranslated and lost over time), I don't know of a single person who can prove that God exists, even to a small degree. Therefore, there's no need for faith in science when science is proven. God isn't.

And just to finish the arguement off, let's look at the definition of faith.

Faith: n, from the Latin fidere, to trust. 1. an unquestioning belief, specif. in God. 2. a religion, etc. 3. a particular religion. 4. loyalty

Oh, we could easily say that definition #1 fits the bill, if we ignore the last bit about faith being an unquestioning belief SPECIFICALLY in God(or whatever deity you happen to believe in). Therefore, knowing a theory to be even relatively true has nothing to do with faith. When something is proven more than once(and evolution's been around for about 100 years as a theory, so that's more than once or twice), it starts to be built up as concrete evidence. Maybe not full-on law, but acceptible as a theory working towards law.

After all, one brick doesn't make a building. Thousands do. Give Evolution two thousand years more of repeated proof and it'll be a law. The Bible just has a head start. Evolution will catch up soon enough.

Answer 3

Some do and some don't have faith that Science is right but EVERYONE HAS FAITH! However when it comes to God, Atheists all have faith in NO FAITH! Many people have faith in NO FAITH. But faith in no faith is FAITH! What the Atheists don't understand is that to have faith or not have faith is not an option. Their only real option is the OBJECT of their faith. For example, when you drive down the street and go through the green light at 35-40 MPH you do it in FAITH that the other drivers are going to stop at the red light. Other wise you would be stopping at every green light just to make sure. This is faith. Yes, most of them do have faith in a theory that they will never find a way to Prove. I say this because what they need to prove their theory is the, so called, "missing link" and if God made Adam out of the dust of the earth then there can be no link to man except the dust of the earth which has many of the same elements as man. What a coincidence! I hope this helps.

Answer 4

We don;t necessarily have faith. We believe in things that can be proven. Those theories that can't be proven we have a wait and see attitude until it can be proven one way or another. Science can admit to making a mistake after it's proven. Unfortunately religion can't admit to making a mistake because it would show a mistake in the word of God. IE: Where did Noah gather 2 Polar Bears for the Arc when he didn;t know that they existed?

Answer 5

In a way, the difference between religion and science is that science starts with a question and searches for an answer and religion does the opposite. To ask a question and use verifiable evidence to deduce an answer is science. To assume a particular answer (e.g. that there is a god and that it is omnipotent) and to work back toward the questions (e.g. that's where the universe came from) is religion. One requires faith (defined by Mirriam Webster as "firm belief in something for which there is no proof "), and one does not.

Answer 6

Which is exactly why faith is not the right word to use for science. In science, they come up with a theory & then set out to prove it.

Answer 7

LOL
That's funny! They don't even recognize how much faith is required to believe in their theories.

We can't duplicate evolution OR the Big Bang. By their OWN definition, that means they MUST believe these things ON FAITH.

Saying anything else is just hypocrisy.

Answer 8

First of all to the person above- being an athiest is not a freakin religion.... that's a paradox.
Second of all, it's not faith- it's a decision made by measuring supporting evidence...
To give you an analogy you can understand, think of a courtroom: judges don't make decisions based on faith, they do it based on what can be proven.

Answer 9

>Science is a faith Science demands verifiable evidence. It's the exact opposite of faith. >poor atheists they have no meaning!I want meaning u dont god is real This is the Appeal to Consequences of Belief Fallacy. Just because a belief makes you feel good does not mean it is true. For example, "It makes me feel good to think I am rich, therefore I am rich." The feeling itself is not evidence for the belief.

Answer 10

If the theory was just an idea and had absolutely no evidence supporting it, then yes, it would require faith.

Too bad evolution has evidence.

Also, do you even know what a scientific theory is? It sure doesn't sound like you do.