Why Do atheists Attack Christianity?

[nebula]

Also, science doesn't claim to be Absolute Truth like the Bible does to begin with.

Then why is it treated as such?

[808state]

Also, science doesn't claim to be Absolute Truth like the Bible does to begin with.

Then why is it treated as such?

I don't believe it is. Not by people who have a relatively good understanding of science and how it works.

"... in science there is no 'knowledge', in the sense in which Plato and Aristotle understood the word, in the sense which implies finality; in science, we never have sufficient reason for the belief that we have attained the truth. ... This view means, furthermore, that we have no proofs in science (excepting, of course, pure mathematics and logic). In the empirical sciences, which alone can furnish us with information about the world we live in, proofs do not occur, if we mean by 'proof' an argument which establishes once and for ever the truth of a theory."

Sir Karl Popper, The Problem of Induction, 1953

"If you thought that science was certain

[nebula]

Then why is it treated as such?

I don't believe it is. Not by people who have a relatively good understanding of science and how it works.

It is in these debates, though.

[808state]

Then why is it treated as such?

I don't believe it is. Not by people who have a relatively good understanding of science and how it works.

It is in these debates, though.

I think that many atheists/agnostics regard science as the closest thing we have to Absolute Truth or discovering it. That's what I believe anyway. But if they actually think science represents Absolute Truth then they're wrong.

[georgedrw81]

When we were young our parents told not to touch the hot stove or not put our hand in the fire. We did it anyway, got burned and did not do it again. We got the experience. We tell our chidren the same as we were told but they do it anyway. We do think that we found the answer but discover later on that it was not so. Atheist are small children playing with fire but have yet to realise it. God is our our parent, with the Bible He tells us not to touch such fire and Jesus is the way.

Blessings

[nebula]

Should faith then be a part of your pursuit?

And what does Scripture say is the greatest pursuit?

If my memory is correct, scripture states that we should seek first the kingdom of God. Understanding faith is an important topic I think.

If I understand all mysteries and have all knowledge but have not ____________ I am nothing.

What is the blank?

[nebula]

If I understand all mysteries and have all knowledge but have not ____________ I am nothing.

What is the blank?

At first I thought the answer was "faith" (in Christ). But through the power of google it seems the answer is "love" from 1 Corinthians 13:2. Which, to me, makes the statement much more profound.

"If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God's secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn't love others, I would be nothing." - 1 Corinthians 13:2, New Living Translation (2007)

Yeah, so what should you be seeking -

Truth or Love?

[artsylady]

I am fortunate to live in a country where assisted suicide is legal, but

in Italy you are not allowed to end your life even if you suffer terribly for many years and have no

hope whatsoever.

How is it determined who can end his own life?

[artsylady]

d9 - I bumped up a thread on Born Gay studies for you.

You say homosexuality is victimless. Would you also say that marraige between 3 people is harmless? What about marriage between an adult brother and sister?

[artsylady]

I assure you, if I just stopped questioning and accepted everything conservative Christianity proclaims, I would be a mindless follower.

I agree. I don't follow everything conservative Christainity proclaims. A lot of it, but not all.

Ironically though, those who call themselves 'sceptics' seem to have no scepticism whatsoever about evolution. Even though there are tons of anomalies, lots of mysteries not yet understood and lots of scientists who are sceptical themselves.

The scientists that have signed onto Dissent from Darwin are merely sceptical about Darwinian theory yet they come under fire like crazy from the present day scientific elitists - as if they are some kind of all-knowing gods to say that you cannot be sceptical of darwian theory! How dare anyone be sceptical!

And a lot of atheists who call themselves 'free thinkers' blindly follow what Dawkins or Talk Origins says without question. They have some kind of blind faith and trust that Dawkins and this website have all the answers and hold the entire truth of the universe,