Science Still Points To God [Spirituality & Religion]
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CopperCicada · M
I guess I have the following question:
Why does faith have to rely on science at all?
If one looks at the early Church fathers, it's clear that God is beyond all categories, all conceptions, every limitation of our mind.
It's clear in the early Church father's that faith is beyond reason. As Tertulian said: I believe because it is absurd.
So why is there this constant attempt to ground faith in science?
To me it seems to be a sign of materialism. Also a lack of faith.
Why does faith have to rely on science at all?
If one looks at the early Church fathers, it's clear that God is beyond all categories, all conceptions, every limitation of our mind.
It's clear in the early Church father's that faith is beyond reason. As Tertulian said: I believe because it is absurd.
So why is there this constant attempt to ground faith in science?
To me it seems to be a sign of materialism. Also a lack of faith.
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@CopperCicada [quote]So why is there this constant attempt to ground faith in science?
To me it seems to be a sign of materialism. Also a lack of faith.[/quote]
Exactly. My understanding of faith is that it's believing in something unprovable. Yet, there's this urge for believers to make up their own science to try to combat actual science when they don't need to. When pressed on their scientific findings or methods, all roads eventually lead to statements like "God's fingerprint is on everything" or "Something had to design all of this, because it couldn't just happen on its own." In other words, even their "science" eventually leads to faith statements.
To me it seems to be a sign of materialism. Also a lack of faith.[/quote]
Exactly. My understanding of faith is that it's believing in something unprovable. Yet, there's this urge for believers to make up their own science to try to combat actual science when they don't need to. When pressed on their scientific findings or methods, all roads eventually lead to statements like "God's fingerprint is on everything" or "Something had to design all of this, because it couldn't just happen on its own." In other words, even their "science" eventually leads to faith statements.
CopperCicada · M
@Harriet03 I would say faith applies to the questions in life for which there are no rational answers. So why fabricate any? Like "what's the meaning of life?". But then why project a scientific basis for faith?