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Physicist Frank J. Tipler at TEDxBrussels: Physics Proves God Exists
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<blockquote data-quote="TheReasoner" data-source="post: 56542805" data-attributes="member: 104245"><p>If science destroys faith, then faith is weak and based on premises which contradict observations of the physical world around us. That is to say: Does a faith which relies on the universe being "wrong" while a subjective and human idea is somehow right and "better"/"more true" than the objective laws of nature have any right to life whatsoever?</p><p></p><p>Science cannot disprove or shatter any true belief. Sure, paradigms we adopt may fail to explain reality perfectly, but that is pretty much self evident to any serious scientist. So that is to say, while a faith can certainly survive inconsistencies and disagreements with a given scientific paradigm it cannot and should not survive if it relies on a radical and diametrical opposition to solid empirical evidence across multiple/all fields in natural science. Which happens to be the case for example for young earth creationism.</p><p></p><p>A strong faith will not only survive the believer discovering that he or she is wrong on a particular topic. It is also humble and quite easily survives scrutiny and criticism. It is - in my opinion - a poor faith which is so rigid it cannot survive the believer being wrong on issues such as (but certainly not limited to) the area where it may find itself challenged or contradicted by science.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheReasoner, post: 56542805, member: 104245"] If science destroys faith, then faith is weak and based on premises which contradict observations of the physical world around us. That is to say: Does a faith which relies on the universe being "wrong" while a subjective and human idea is somehow right and "better"/"more true" than the objective laws of nature have any right to life whatsoever? Science cannot disprove or shatter any true belief. Sure, paradigms we adopt may fail to explain reality perfectly, but that is pretty much self evident to any serious scientist. So that is to say, while a faith can certainly survive inconsistencies and disagreements with a given scientific paradigm it cannot and should not survive if it relies on a radical and diametrical opposition to solid empirical evidence across multiple/all fields in natural science. Which happens to be the case for example for young earth creationism. A strong faith will not only survive the believer discovering that he or she is wrong on a particular topic. It is also humble and quite easily survives scrutiny and criticism. It is - in my opinion - a poor faith which is so rigid it cannot survive the believer being wrong on issues such as (but certainly not limited to) the area where it may find itself challenged or contradicted by science. [/QUOTE]
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