Atheists do your trust scientific method or the people that told you about it?

Question

Why is everyone going on about wether I do or not, this question wasn't meant to be loaded...

Sad...

Answer 1

I'm the one who teaches it. I don't have to trust it - it has proven itself over and over again. No trust required.

I explicitly teach that science is not about the expertise or authority of scientists. I do that when I am teaching science. No attacks on religion are involved: the fact that a famous scientist says something counts for nothing unless it is backed by replicable research. Science passes that test, while religion uniformly fails it.

Answer 2

The method. Scientists are trained to question. This is the error many Christians make, especially when talking about Darwin. They assume that Darwinism exists today in its original form but they couldn't be more wrong. Darwinism as a example has been modified, tweaked and adjusted according to the evidence. The scientific method can be abused just like anything else but the fraud will be discovered by other right thinking scientists.

I think you should at some creationist scientists who blatantly abuse the scientific method even in the face of contrary evidence. Take Starlight and Time by Humphrey's for instance, or the crap research done on Polonium halos which has been debunked by the whole scientific community yet these pieces of evidence are still produced like rabbits from hats to justify the Bible to Christians.

Answer 3

Trusting someone is about having confidence in your self. Atheists are fragile people and are even affraid of themselves.

Majority of them tending to be witty and trusting the scientific methods which are going back on theories!

AFTER READING OUT REPLIES OF ATHEISTS - I must say ....
They are limiting themselves to only 5 preceptors that a human being has. These five senses are deceiving at times & do not show you reality.

All of them believe in deceptions and they are deceiving none but themselves.

Answer 4

I trust scientific method. As for the people who told me about it, the "it" also has to have been proven by Science. Religion is really not suitable in the post-modern world. "Money is the root of all evil", gimme a break. Money is needed for everything, even gods need money to build churches, temples, etcetera.

Answer 5

The scientific method is based on observable truth, backed up by experiential and experimental data. Therefore I am willing to accept whatever a scientist tells me, so long as he has the proof to back up his claim. That is the triumph of science over religion.

Answer 6

Both

Results are key in forming belief and reliance.

The Scientific theory has led to an enormous amount of technology, and benefit for mankind.

Religion, is primarily responsible for war and family discord. It does offer hope in an afterlife, but no-one has yet come back to tell us that it actually works.

I go with the belief with the best results. That is Science.

Answer 7

That one is as easy as the difference between evidence and hearsay, primary vs. secondary sources. In science, if other scientists can repeat your results using the same method, your method is proven correct. Can religion repeat the results ascribed to Jesus? Or is that more in the realm of the Raelian human clone thing or cold fusion?

Edit: Michael M has the best answer here! :-)

Answer 8

I trust the scientific method. I don't HAVE to trust what people say.

Nullius in Verba.

CD

Answer 9

I trust both. I also trust that the scientific method will take care of mistakes made by people.

Answer 10

I trust the method itself. I honestly don't remember if I trusted the person who taught it to me (my 7th grade science teacher).

I also think it doesn't matter whether or not I trust the person who taught it to me.

EDIT:
What I don't understand is why so many people who answered this question assumed that you don't trust the scientific method.