What do we need a deity for? (Introduction)

by broken_cynic , Tuesday, August 02, 2011, 04:51 (4863 days ago) @ dhw

Matt pointed me to this page and noted that this crew was currently without an atheist perspective. I'm not sure how often I'll jump in as I've been busy as all hell lately, but I can't resist a good challenge. I'll try to get back and flesh out my response here (and on the abiogenesis page) but for now I'll keep it very short and simple:-When you say "Science cannot explain X" it might be more fair and correct to say "science has not yet explained X." Note: there is no inherent assumption that science will explain X in the future, only a more precise phrasing of the current state of things. You have no more grounds to assume that it will not (cannot) happen than I have to assume that it will.-Atheism and science are not quite as tightly linked as seems (on first glance) to be presumed here, but they do share the preference to not assume anything for which evidence is not available.