The spectrum of religious belief

2PhiloVoid said:

You mean, using the methods, plural. (Or am I making too much of a 'truth claim' in saying plural rather than affirming the singular?)

Do you have a truth claim you'd like to justify in this matter, one way or another?

Moreover, if you're the only one on this planet with your own personal definitions of "operative" and "method," then I guess you're not asserting a truth claim.

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Nope .. I'm about staying consistent with the benefit of the evidence of the published and widely taught scientific method and the purpose for which it was devised .. (but you already knew that).

2PhiloVoid said:

And they you can use your method to determine the truth value of their respective facades, one by one, right?

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No .. just the overwhemling well-tested evidence that it works, practically .. that's all that's behind it ..

2PhiloVoid said:

It's too late for me on that count. Of course, you already knew that.

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We all make mistakes ..

2PhiloVoid said:

If you "don't care," then I guess there's no need for me to spend much time addressing anything you have to say. OR is there?

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Ever examined a truth table in say, in science's field of digitial logic? There's often 'don't care' conditions appearing in them.
Aka: its not my logic!

SelfSim said:

Nope .. I'm about staying consistent with the benefit of the evidence of the published and widely taught scientific method and the purpose for which it was devised .. (but you already knew that).

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And I'm staying consistent with my sources. You can have yours, and I can have mine.

SelfSim said:

No .. just the overwhemling well-tested evidence that it works, practically .. that's all that's behind it ..

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Pragmatism (and so-called practicality) has its limits, as do all human positions in the sciences.

SelfSim said:

We all make mistakes ..

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That's what I'm told. And not just by scientists. But by philosophers, and by theologians.

SelfSim said:

Ever examined a truth table in say, in science's field of digitial logic? There's often 'don't care' conditions appearing in them.
Aka: its not my logic!

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No, I can't say I've studied digital logic specifically, just standard Logic textbooks. I suppose you mean to suggest I need to engage something like--even if not exactly---the following info: