Theists: What is the weakness in scientific theories?

Answer 1

The weakness in scientific theories is that they are just that: theories. A theory can be proven wrong but cannot be proven true. Experiments and further evidence can support a theory's validity, but there is always a chance that the theory is flawed or just wrong -- regardless of the amount or the nature of supporting evidence.

Answer 2

Not a theist, but...

If there is a weakness in scientific theories, it is 1.) human fallibility, which isn't much of a reason because that's not actually science, and 2.) weakness in understanding of rules of the universe. The logical, rational approach has been observed to be the most effective, but it is possible, albeit unlikely in our eyes, that it is not universal law. Since science very much depends on causality, for example, it might be called into question if causality is disproven. On the other hand, if science works 99.9999% time and fails .0001% of the time, I'd say it would be foolish to abandon science simply for that small percentage. We should be aware, though.

Answer 3

The main weakness in scientific theories started in the human scientists refusing to acknowledge that human scientific knowledge is ancient and is just starting to catch up to the advanced scientific knowledge of a God named YHWH .When this new discovery God has chosen me to make comes to light concerning mankind's misinterpretation of scripture from scientific text into religious text , not just scientists but all of mankind will be forced to acknowledge the fact that the Bible was written by a nonhuman scientific mind belonging to an "Intelligent Designer".

Answer 4

You have to understand what "theory" means. It doesn't mean unproven, gravity is still a theory. Unproven is where faith comes in. Before enough proof is acquired, through "controlled" scientific experiments, the scientists are depending entirely on faith. The same weakness as theists.

Answer 5

There are many weaknesses in scientific theories in that some things cannot be proven. Science and those who follow it always have the courage to say "We dont know and may never know" rather than conjure up some fantasy about the afterlife in our imaginations

Answer 6

for those who expect old writings to always be right, it makes their brains hurt if they think too much.

for those of us for whom science is not at odds with spirituality, we find no more "weakness" than an atheist would - some theories are tested, reevaluated, improved or tossed aside as better theories emerge.

Thinking and reevaluating are strengths; only an idiot (be they a theist or not) would cling to an unsubtantiated legend at the expense of rational thought.

Answer 7

the fact that scientific theories can be proved wrong, is not there weakness it is there strength. it means that science is not infallable, but adapts according to new discoveries or evidence.

Answer 8

One weakness in all scientific theories is the element of random chance which now appears in all equations thanks to Quantum Theory. No more "this caused that" business. Now it is, "on the average, this is a factor".

It is similar to explaining how a slot machine works. We can describe the inner workings of a slot machine with wonderful accuracy but that still leaves us totally unable to predict the winner.

Perhaps the greatest catastrophe in all earth records is the extinction of the dinosaurs. Given all the information from earliest life up to that point, would any scientist have predicted it? What kind of scientific theory has no power to predict?

Answer 9

I doubt you will get any intelligent answers from theists on this question!

Answer 10

A lot of people don't trust science for potentially the same reason they want to believe simpler ideas... they don't understand it and can't reproduce the results.