why is it so ?

Question

why is it so hard to prove science wrong yet it is so easy to prove the you-know-what wrong and at the very least question it's credibility?

please list down the number of science FACTS that have been proven wrong , and please backed it with reliable source and not some yada yada personal website.

vorenhutz , as i have just emphasise on my additional details , FACTS not THEORY.

so is there any evidence that prove that Earth doesnt rotate which is a fact ?

please R - E - A - D

you can't spell credibility yet you want to correct others on their grammar?

Answer 1

"[Creation science is] an attempt to give credibility to Hebrew mythology by making people believe that the world's foremost biologists, paleontologists, and geologists are a bunch of incompetent nincompoops." ~ Ron Peterson

Answer 2

I'm not quite sure what you mean. There is a science forum for science questions, but since this is a relgion forum, maybe I'll talk about that.

Science is mankind's attempt to work out the rules governing the world. It is based on the scientific method: you make observations, propose a hypothesis that describes them, and test your hypothesis by making predictions for it and observing if they come true. If they do, you're hypothesis is strengthened. If not, then you have to revise or reject it.

The scientific method has achieved great heights. The high point in my life was the moon landing. One giant leap for mankind, an amazing achievement made possible by the scientific method.

However, science has limitations. All scientific theories are ephemeral. What we believed one day will be revised or rejected the next. Neither Aristotle's theory of the four elements, nor Newton's law of gravity nor Darwin's theory of evolution is held any more! These have since been revised because they do not fit the newer evidence that has come to light. (There are now over 100 elements, we have Einstein's theories and we now realize the significance of genetic mutation.)

Furthermore, science can only tell us things from observation. We cannot know why the universe was formed or whether there was a creator. We might see some evidence as to how it was formed, we might postulate theories as to when, but that is as far as we can go. Science cannot tell us whether or not there will be a judgement day or not, whether the universe will be caught up in some apocalypse that will change its nature completely.

It's important not to make the mistake of thinking that if science can't determine it, then it must either be untrue or irrelevant. Whether there will be a judgement day or not is something that is very relevant. Whatever you choose to believe, you better be sure because your eternal destiny could depend on it!

Enter religion. Many religions are based on people coming up with theories about what can't be explained through scientfic experiment that eventually developed into belief systems. Of course science may have caught up since the time of their founding, often confounding believers when science has shown that their beliefs are not credible! We know how thunderbolts are made now. We don't need Zeus or Thor to do it.

Some religions, however, are based on revelation. What mankind cannot know through its own efforts has been revealed to them by God. The Bible tells us that there will be a judgement day and that God has graciously provided a means for salvation.

The problem remains, however, that scienctific theories can be tested experimentally but religious beliefs cannot. How can we know that religious beliefs are true? In other words, is the Bible God's gracious and merciful revelation to us of what we have no way of knowing, or is it a fabrication like myths about Zeus and Thor?

There is one reason we can have considerable confidence. That is the one miracle in the Bible that can be proved to have occurred even when disregarding the evidence of the Bible itself. Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The last 2000 years of human history would simply not have happened had Jesus simply died. A dead Messiah would have been foolishness to the Jews to whom Jesus came. The apostles would have given up. Yet they preached Christ's resurrection (there is historical evidence for this even in early extra-biblical documents), which would have been instantly discredited if Jesus were buried in a tomb nearby!

There is more evidence that I could present to support the Bible as credible and logical and trustworthy, but it is difficult in a short space that someone will bother reading. Two main points:

1. Typology: the Old Testament was written before Christ, yet Christ fulfills in his own person and mission all major themes of the Old Testament: God and man, sin and righteousness, atonement and sacrifice, priest and king, servant and saviour, wisdom and witness. How is it humanly possible for an entire collection of books by various authors put together over centuries suddenly find itself foreshadowing all these and other themes?

2. The Bible answers man's deepest needs and hardest questions: life after death, justice in an unjust world, our need for love and forgiveness, the greatest moral code (do unto others as you would have them do unto you), and so on. Is it all just coincidence? Or does it support my other arguments that it really did come from our Creator?

I hope I've given enough justification as to why science is insufficient for man, and that Bible-based religion is not only plausible and credible but absolutely necessary.

Answer 3

science is proven wrong all the time. new theories come along replacing old ones. Dont know what you are talking about.

Heck last week a bunch of Germans broke the speed of light. Something science said couldnt be done.

I think you have some mistaken assumptions of what science is.

Answer 4

It depends on the so-called "science".
Man-made global warming is based upon faith. I question it's credibility all the time, the same as I do intelligent design.

I have a better question. Why do atheists continue to come here trying to prove theists wrong, when by their own words "you can't prove a negative".

Answer 5

Because to prove something Scientifically it has to proved again and again from many angles before it is fact. While You-know-who comes from a 2000 year old book with very little (if any) factual evidence.

Answer 6

It is not possible to disprove nor prove an opinion. Science is based on observation of properties and physical reactions; if the scientific observations are factual then it is deems a scientific fact. Religion is based on opinions which can neither be proved nor disproved, so what one person says is as good as what another person says, even if they are diametrically opposed.

Answer 7

phlogiston, ether, caloric, miasma...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superseded_scientific_theories

all that is required to prove a scientific theory wrong is a decisive, consistently repeatable observation. when such observations are not forthcoming, it is sensible to provisionally accept the theory.

god is just the opposite - it is assumed without proof or evidence, and when evidence contradicts the revealed story, it is reinterpreted to preserve belief.

Answer 8

Science sets itself high standards. Results have to be replicable, consistent, and logical.
Religion has written and oral tradition, it's not based on anything but what was written all those years ago, and our interpretations of what it could mean.
Which is more probably correct based on standards alone?

Answer 9

Your credibility would improve greatly if you just learn that "it's" in that context is incorrect...it should be, "its"; it is not a contraction, and cannot own anything, therefore, the apostrophe should be left off.

EDIT: I corrected my error, have you corrected yours?

Answer 10

Because evolution is a fact, and the creation myth isn't.