How can you Atheist claim to base your life on science?

[Tank]

so... if we cant trust science.. is the earth still flat?

Turns out it's kinda burrito shaped.

Hmmmm burrito...

[Shine]

I know that the OP will probably never read this, but Isaac Asimov has a great essay which addresses this exact issue of science being "wrong:"

Isaac Asimov: The Relativity of Wrong
http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm

What actually happens is that once scientists get hold of a good concept they gradually refine and extend it with greater and greater subtlety as their instruments of measurement improve. Theories are not so much wrong as incomplete.

This can be pointed out in many cases other than just the shape of the earth. Even when a new theory seems to represent a revolution, it usually arises out of small refinements. If something more than a small refinement were needed, then the old theory would never have endured.

(I'm sure that most people here have likely read this, so I apologize for the possible redundancy.  I just cannot resist posting this essay every time that I see a rant about science being "wrong.")

[pinkocommie]

(I'm sure that most people here have likely read this, so I apologize for the possible redundancy.  I just cannot resist posting this essay every time that I see a rant about science being "wrong.")

Nothing wrong with repeating information if it's relevant.  You never know who's been exposed to what.  

[Shine]

(I'm sure that most people here have likely read this, so I apologize for the possible redundancy.  I just cannot resist posting this essay every time that I see a rant about science being "wrong.")

Nothing wrong with repeating information if it's relevant.  You never know who's been exposed to what.    I guess that I am just always on the defense when posting on the interwebs, although most atheist fora are not populated by the brats that one sees on other more...juvenille boards.  I blame my defensiveness specifically on all the time I spent on World of Warcraft boards, haha.

[pj084527]

You people want to know why I didn't reply to your responds here? It is because I I got discouraged debating you atheists.

Although very few of you are nice people, and open to new ideas. But so many of you are rude, condescending, ignorant, and blatanly unable to follow any logical argument. Frustrating!

[Tank]

You people want to know why I didn't reply to your responds here? It is because I I got discouraged debating you atheists.

Although very few of you are nice people, and open to new ideas. But so many of you are rude, condescending, ignorant, and blatanly unable to follow any logical argument. Frustrating!

Nice! What a lovely person you are.

[pinkocommie]

You people want to know why I didn't reply to your responds here? It is because I I got discouraged debating you atheists.

Although very few of you are nice people, and open to new ideas. But so many of you are rude, condescending, ignorant, and blatanly unable to follow any logical argument. Frustrating!

People tend to react negatively to being insulted.  The sad thing is, you may have found some sympathy here if your posts didn't contain such grossly inaccurate and often insulting assumptions.

[Asmodean]

How can you Atheist claim to base your life on science?

Let me see... I use electricity, drive car, pop pills, have a telephone, watch TV and surf on the Internet. How am I NOT basing my life on science..?

[Whitney]

You people want to know why I didn't reply to your responds here? It is because I I got discouraged debating you atheists.

Although very few of you are nice people, and open to new ideas. But so many of you are rude, condescending, ignorant, and blatanly unable to follow any logical argument. Frustrating!

Or you could tell the truth and have said it was because you are just a nasty person who was trolling the forum...but you are banned now so your chance to tell the truth here has passed.  If there is a baby jesus you sure have made him cry.

[McQ]

You people want to know why I didn't reply to your responds here? It is because I I got discouraged debating you atheists.

Although very few of you are nice people, and open to new ideas. But so many of you are rude, condescending, ignorant, and blatanly unable to follow any logical argument. Frustrating!

Rude, condescending, ignorant? What is it when you post and say, "You atheists"? As if ALL atheists are one entity. Talk about the ignorance and rudeness there. Nothing more ignorant than ignorance demonstrated.

I was a christian. I know what many christian sects believe. You seem to know absolutely nothing about the myriad of non-believers, and thanks for showing it here.

Now, you would be better off demonstrating how a christian acts, wouldn't you? Let's see if you know how to do that. Feel free to demonstrate it in your next post.

[kelltrill]

I know that the OP will probably never read this, but Isaac Asimov has a great essay which addresses this exact issue of science being "wrong:"

Isaac Asimov: The Relativity of Wrong
http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm

Thank you so much for posting that, Shine ^_^ I've been looking for an article/essay like that for a while now and failing. This is perfect, and so well written. Asimov is too awesome. Thank you thank you thank you.

[Whitney]

Feel free to demonstrate it in your next post.

He can't because he got banned when his sockpuppet got banned.

[Shine]

Thank you so much for posting that, Shine ^_^ I've been looking for an article/essay like that for a while now and failing. This is perfect, and so well written. Asimov is too awesome. Thank you thank you thank you.

Yay, I'm glad that you enjoyed it!  It's one of my favorite essays.