Science continues to change, but God does not. He doesnt come back every few years to change things. Evolution continues to re-vamp itself, science must make new discoveries fit old theroies, or make up new ones.
So, since you cant KNOW everything Science has yet to discover, but Gods word never changes, how can Atheists know they have it right, when everything they put faith in can waver, and God never does???
2006-12-15 05:11:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is that supposed to be an argument AGAINST science? That'd be bizarre. The fact that science responds to the facts while religion does not is a really good reason to prefer science to religion.
"God's word" would be a lot more convincing if it were adjusted to reflect the truth. Standing by a mistake is, well, Bush-like. Not a good thing.
2006-12-15 05:17:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As an Atheist I do not consider it a faith. I dont belive in god/gods, reincarnation or anything so its not a faith. Science does change, but how I came to realize that there is no god was not totally by what science says, scientist are human and make mistakes how could I go totally by what they say, same with the believe in god. That was created by human, humans wrote the bible. The bible thousands of years old, changed through time. Do you know what the very first bible said? About god not changing what proof that he has not. Thousands of years from now god will change becasue the bible will be a little different. A word change here and there, something omitted, etc.
Faith is not fact, nothing is 100%, not even your god, not even the idea of there being no god.
2006-12-15 05:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Countess Bathory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concentrate. Imagine a broken wall-clock - it's always telling the same time and never varies. Now compare it with your perfectly good watch.
Did you know that the broken clock is totally correct twice a day, everyday? If your watch is even a fraction of a second off, it may NEVER be right.
So, should you take the clock off the wall, which never "wavers," put in in your back-pack and throw away your watch, which may never be exactly right?
Science doesn't "waver." Science builds ever-more inclusive explanations for facts or observations. Newton's physics could only explain a particular set of events - more or less those that the technology of his period could present him with. As technology advanced, new observations didn't quite "fit" in the Newtonian model. Einstein's theories explain a lot of these newly-found contradictions AND Newton's original observations. In other words, Newton's theory is nested within relativity.
Yes, the God theory is unwavering, unchanging. But in the end it explains nothing useful to anyone interested in reality..
2006-12-15 05:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think this through. Your question is based off of a flawed premise. Belief in God is not a substitute for learning science.
I am not an athiest, but I came into my faith on my own time. When someone "believes" in God, it is not the same as believing in science. I "believe" in science because it is the unending quest to understand the universe around us. Believing in God does not explain gravity. Through science we can come to a basic understanding of the forces exerted upon the world, and are able to make reasonable predictions of how things will work.
Because "God's word never changes" is not a good reason to believe in God. Charles Dickens' word never changes but I do not have any particular faith in Charles Dickens. Besides, the Bible you know is an english translation of a latin translation of a greek translation that was written a few hundred years after Christ died in arameic, hebrew and greek. It is a good book, but you can't hang on every word.
Science changes as we learn more. It is this very reason that many atheists don't put much stock in the Bible. It was written in a time when people believed the world was flat and the sun revolved around the moon. Without science we would still believe that.
To me the Bible is a guide on how to understand what Christ stands for, and helps you in your journey to understand how God fits into your life. It is a journey not everyone wants to or is ready to take.
Believe what you believe. Faith is a personal thing, if someone has a question about God, Jesus, the church or the Bible, answer it as best you can. Don't waste your time trying to poke holes in other people's beliefs or lack of belief, it only inspires anger and controversy, and is certainly not a very Christian thing to do.
2006-12-15 05:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mr 51 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
>> God does not
Assuming he exists.
>> Evolution continues to re-vamp itself
Define "re-vamp" - you mean we keep finding more and more evidence supporting it? Yeah. Terrible shame, that.
>> science must make new discoveries fit old theroies, or make up new ones.
What, you mean we don't think we got everything right when we first fomulated it? You mean you'd prefer it if doctors still based their diagnosis on Hippocrates' four humours ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_humours ) for medicine?
What a travesty - updating things based on new information. Huh!
>> Atheists know they have it right
I just know you've got it wrong. I don't need to be right. You have not convinced me of the existence of god - and quite frankly, you can't. Thus, I *lack the belief* in God (I don't say "there is no god"), thus making me an atheist.
2006-12-15 05:18:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For some folks, "to know" means something entirely different (study The Philosophical branch of Epistemology). So does the term "everything" (study The Philosophical branch of Ontology).
Perception is what defines each individual's reality. I know only that which I see. So I "know" "everything". Call this God, and you'll see God pop up in all sorts of unexpected ways.
If God presents God to an atheist's perception, the ever-so-empirical atheist will likely say, "well, I guess there is a God after all." But this just doesn't seem to be happening now, does it?
2006-12-15 05:20:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bugmän 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok then, lets just ban science. We won't let doctors operate on sick patients. We'll remove all medication from the market and allow disease and plague to run rampant all over the planet. We won't use electricity or any other form of power. We won't allow communication through mobile phones or computer and then you wouldn't be able to ask this question and recieve answers from all over the world.
Science has done more for us than "God" ever has and it will be science that saves us at the end of the day.
Now i do realise that you weren't exactly arguing against science but you have to admit that "God" never came to earth to vanquish disease or help people living in arid lands to gain understanding of irrigation systems etc. Science did all of those things so it's very easy for me to believe in science rather than "God".
2006-12-15 05:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by Diet_smartie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's word is unchanging. Is that why there were five editions of the King James Version of the Bible alone, not counting the New King James Version? Science looks at the evidence which is unchanging. Hypotheses may change, but the underlying data remains the same.
2006-12-15 06:37:10 · answer #8 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because Atheists don't believe in God.
I mean, that's just me...but your question doesn't make any sense. You're asking how Atheists can believe something when "God is *this* way" - completely ignoring the fact that Atheists don't believe in God in the first place.
2006-12-15 05:14:26 · answer #9 · answered by skatoolaki 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The notion that "Gods [sic] word never changes" is intrinsical to Judeo-Christian religious belief, therefore cannot be used in argument or debate with an atheist. Therefore, again, your question-argument is illogical.
2006-12-15 05:22:42 · answer #10 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋