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"Atheism is inconsistent with science, says Dartmouth physicist Marcelo Gleiser " [View all]
Another Templeton fail epic.
https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/atheism-inconsistent-science?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2ndQ9wSNToaCAlQfbg1wa61RICjtBco8NUjSh0BD7bnW0mSYAa2k7bEPg#Echobox=1562584787
"I think atheism is inconsistent with the scientific method. What I mean by that is, what is atheism? It's a statement, a categorical statement that expresses belief in nonbelief. 'I don't believe even though I have no evidence for or against, simply I don't believe.' Period. It's a declaration. But in science we don't really do declarations. We say, 'Okay, you can have a hypothesis, you have to have some evidence against or for that.' And so an agnostic would say, look, I have no evidence for God or any kind of god (What god, first of all? The Maori gods, or the Jewish or Christian or Muslim God? Which god is that?) But on the other hand, an agnostic would acknowledge no right to make a final statement about something he or she doesn't know about."
Anybody outside of Atheist bashers know that atheism is simply not having a belief in God, NOT a statement that God does not exist.
Funny, he describes himself as an atheist similar to most atheists, but then goes on to say why atheists are wrong. Start with a false premise, move from there, collect a few hundred thousand in a prise $.
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"Atheism is inconsistent with science, says Dartmouth physicist Marcelo Gleiser " [View all]
edhopper
Jul 2019
OP
"Shouldn't we ask whether God's existence is provable/disprovable at all?"
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2019
#6
So, your argument is "I can't prove god exists because I don't know what god is"?
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2019
#13
I could substitute "vampires" for "god" and using the same argument...
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2019
#21
Yes. Even the 1) Bible god hisself says we could and should look for proofs
Bretton Garcia
Jul 2019
#40
How convenient. A one-time answer in the form of a human before the first camera was invented.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2019
#33
Substitute purple people eater for god and the circular logic works the same
Major Nikon
Jul 2019
#42