tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069990547498530641.post1849750827882163812..comments2023-11-05T01:28:19.512-07:00Comments on The Black Atheist™: Do scientists have faith?The Black Atheisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09661169797128752316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069990547498530641.post-42866517369397789592014-03-18T16:15:58.647-07:002014-03-18T16:15:58.647-07:00I found this definition of faith
Now faith is conf...I found this definition of faith<br />Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Hebrews 11:1-3 NIV)<br /><br />Is science "seeing is believing"?<br />If you can't see it, does it not exist?<br />Does evidence only exist when it is uncovered or Discovered?<br />Was it not there the whole time waiting for the right time to be uncovered or Discovered?<br />Does evidence have to be tangible?<br />Does the imagination exist without translation? <br />If a question can't be answered by humans does it have to be unanswerable?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12878825832109012609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069990547498530641.post-65024757138952328302008-07-09T04:37:00.000-07:002008-07-09T04:37:00.000-07:00Quite right. I had a debate with a Christian frie...Quite right. I had a debate with a Christian friend the other night and he pretty much said the same thing. That I have faith in science the same way he has faith in christ. It is so wrong headed its almost comical. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Faith is an excuse to believe things you don’t have any evidence or reason for. Belief in scientific theories is that there is both good reason and good evidence to support the claim. Scientific theories depend upon hypothesis, setting up experiments, trying to falsify the hypothesis and subjecting the finding to peer review.Michael Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00557198430260528922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069990547498530641.post-1311672131363578482008-07-07T09:25:00.000-07:002008-07-07T09:25:00.000-07:00Nice article. It is true that "faith" has multiple...Nice article. It is true that "faith" has multiple definitions which can confuse the issue. I had a discussion with a theist a while back and offered to substitute a different word for "believing without, or even despite, evidence." As of yet he has been unable to supply a substitute.<BR/><BR/>A related tactic I see occasionally is a charge that not one particular theory, but the entire scientific enterprise is based on "faith" that the universe follows orderly laws in a way that is accessible to scientific investigation. Even Einstein has used this questionable tactic. Once again, this is not the same definition of "faith" which applies to religious beliefs. Scientists have "confidence" that the universe follows orderly laws; confidence based on over half a millenium of observation and investigation.Bayesian Bouffant, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222489273569890090noreply@blogger.com