Reasons to believe?

Question

this question is open to anyone but i would mostly like to hear the answers of the atheists.

I was wondering if any of you have seen the site Reasons.org. its a faith-based science site providing scienced based logic for thier belief in God and creation v. evolution.

I would really like to hear your opinions.



http://www.reasons.org/

Im not looking for anyone to convince me, Im wanting to see how many people can explain to me their opinion on this site.subject


I do find it sad the answers im getting so far. the majority are all a couple lines ( at the most) saying that its moronic or bullshit. are we not able to express our opinions in a mature fashion?

Im not looking for anyone to convince me, Im wanting to see how many people can explain to me their opinion on this site.subject


I do find it sad the answers im getting so far. the majority are all a couple lines ( at the most) saying that its moronic or bulls**t. are we not able to express our opinions in a mature fashion?

Answer 1

I was not familiar with this site. However, I have perused it quickly and it seems to be based on much of the same science that is in "The Case for a Creator" and "Darwin's Leap of Faith."

I find many of these answers to come from false logic.

Essentially, many of these arguements are you don't know all the answers, my bible does and it explains everything very accurately (of course it does, when use an omnipotent being who can do whatever they want as your primary arguement it had better solve all the problems or else you're an idiot), so therefore the bible is correct. This premise implies that if I don't know the answer, then it must be god.

Another slew of them are - probability says its very unlikely, so it must be a creator. Just because its unlikely doesn't make it impossible, nor that it hasn't happened. It is very unlikely that one person will win the lotto, however, it happens, and the very fact that we are here to ask questions implies that we may have won the lottery. Or perhaps there are devices which improve the odds greatly of certain things happening that we are currently unaware of. Just because we don't know them doesn't mean they aren't there.

In my opinion these people are clinging to the unknowns and claiming god. What happens if we find something that creates life from chemicals? What happens if we start using telescopes and finding out there are tons of planets like ours? What happens if we find that asteroids are carrying around bacteria? Will they then accept that life may be easier to create? Probably not?

What this leads to is the idea that its ok to just give up on finding new evidence and knowledge and just saying "god did it." If that is your solution, then you will never learn more.

(Sorry, that was longer than I intended.)

Answer 2

If I want science I will go to a science site. Why would you ever go to a religious site to learn science? These sites lie about science all the time. If you want to learn about science then go to a site supported by a major university such as

http://arxiv.org/

Answer 3

I certainly do believe . I believe in nature . I believe that nothing supernatural actually exists . I believe that we will all return to nature as we were long before birth . I believe that this is very understandable . I believe that this is very desireable .
I do not believe in the impossible , some guy making the whole world in six days , the universe being only six thousand years old, one person being three people , virgins having babies , someone being his own father , popping back to life after being clinically dead , the tooth fairy , Santa Claus , Tinkebelle, priests forgiving sins gainst someone who exists only in the imagination .

Answer 4

Creation is joke its not science. Thats how I feel about that website.

I suggest reading some materials on your own. I think I would not convince you in answers.

Answer 5

yes, I have seen it. Now, how could there be a "faith-based science" of any sort? That's oxymoronic (and just plain moronic).

Answer 6

There's a problem with your statement... anything that's "faith based" cannot be considered Science. Science deals with evidence, facts, and honest inquiry... there's no faith involved.

Answer 7

Any site that claims there is a scientific basis to creationism is complete bull$hit!

Answer 8

The website's premise:

Assume God exists.
Therefore, God exists. QED.

Answer 9

i have. its a terrible webcite full of lies and half truths.

"One of the most frightening things in the Western world, and in this country in particular, is the number of people who believe in things that are scientifically false. If someone tells me that the earth is less than 10,000 years old, in my opinion he should see a psychiatrist." - Francis Crick

Answer 10

I will have to check this out. Science is amazing and so is God.