Posted on 04/24/2009 8:23:07 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Sloppy, lazy and dishonest
A review of Science and Faith: Friends or Foes by John Collins
Review by Andrew Kulikovsky
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Collins simply allows ‘science’ to trump faith in virtually all instances. The real conflict is between those—like Collins—who hold to, or unquestioningly accept—the truth claims of a naturalistic worldview and its attendant empiricism and logical positivism, and those who hold to a supernatural view with God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe...
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Ping!
Ergo, they were not naturalistic. Ergo, the author's "point" (such as it is) it utterly irrelevant.
“The real conflict is between those—like Collins—who hold to, or unquestioningly accept—the truth claims of a naturalistic worldview and its attendant empiricism and logical positivism, and those who hold to a supernatural view with God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe...”
No, the real conflict is between those who create false dichotomies, and those who don’t.
Of course reason trumps faith in science...that’s why it works.
Thanks for the ping!
This is what's known as begging the question.
How can something be called "empirical" if it can't be observed?
And how can it make "truth claims" if, by its own methodological claims, it cannot know for sure that the next piece of evidence won't upset the whole apple cart?
Oops, philosophical naturalism is not empirical.
It rests on the fallacy of equivocation for equating the existence of natural physical laws with philosophical naturalism.
"Collins simply allows ‘science’ to trump faith in virtually all instances."
As an 'a priori' philosophical belief.
"Sloppy, lazy and dishonest"
Yes, they should know better...
Good point. It is a religious committment, there is nothing emprical about it!
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