@Frank Apisa,
Frank Apisa wrote:Anyway, I get a kick out of atheists who look down their noses at people who believe there is at least one god...while touting their own belief that there are none as a product of reason, logic and science....none of which raise the atheist belief above that of the theist.
One problem I see in the collective mention of reason, logic, and science is certainty. 100% positive correlations are not in the realm of measurable scientific test results. There is always some untested or otherwise unknown variable to affect "certainty". Yet, we readily spend our hard earned dough on cars, TVs, and cell phones provided by the "wonders of science".
Ain't that grand?
We get all that good stuff without being certain. And it's OK because certainty is not required. Probability is good enough.
Reason and logic are different animals, however. It's possible to construct tight syllogistic systems where absolute certainty is possible. If you accept the axioms of plane geometry, for example, the opposite angles of 2 intersecting straight lines are always equal. Not every discipline is so tight, however. You get reults dependant on the validity of axioms, data, etc.
So it boils down to "where do we start?" And what level of "proof" is acceptable?
Battery dying and no backup. See ya later.
