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Quote by: Blanh SB
Maybe. But if Theists think that explaining something with God (a being whose existence can neither be proved, nor falsified) is more simplistic than explaining something by scientific observation (which, as most reasonable scientists would attest to, is best explained by evolution via natural selection) then I would say there is no point in even having this argument as we (atheists vs theists) have completely different grounds on which to base our 'metaphysical' beliefs. |
Well duh! However you could use the actual method used by science to prefer one explanation over another. And that is by looking at which explanation does a better job at explaining and predicting reality. Instead of trying to use that lame concept called Ockham's razor as if it were an argument you could just see how well both explanations do on actual reality. This is after all how science prefers explanations in the first place. It is the only rational way to prefer one explanation over another. It is the method that just about everyone uses when it comes to explanations they do not prefer based on a double standard. And it is not as if just about everyone doesn’t use the results of those scientific explanations. And for most people natural explanations are a very, very, very important part of their existence. In some sense supernaturalists are living a lie. They pretend reality is completely explained by the supernatural but they rely on the natural explanations of science. They are a bunch of hypocrites. Especially if you see them posting on the internet. As if the internet is the result of supernatural explanations.
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