What are the conflicts between atheism and science?

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Mind Over Matter

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It’s possible that not all atheists have any scientific background or understanding of basic science.

I would appreciate anyone could cite the conflicts between atheism and science, if any. I'm just curious, though.
 
The first thing that comes to mind is the confidence that many atheists display, a certainty that they are right and know better than anyone else.
This is in stark conflict with the spirit of science of not presuming to have "all the answers already".
 
Since atheism is neither a creed or a "discipline", or anything else how can there be a conflict?
Atheism is simply the lack of belief in god.
Atheists, however, are individuals and each and every one of those individuals may or may not hold beliefs that conflict with science.
You're asking a specious question.
 
Signal said:
The first thing that comes to mind is the confidence that many atheists display, a certainty that they are right and know better than anyone else.
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This would stem the fact that what science does know it can demonstrate: i.e. there are solid, verifiable foundations for what science claims.

This is in stark conflict with the spirit of science of not presuming to have "all the answers already".
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Correct. We don't have ALL of the answers. But the answers we DO have are demonstrably correct within the (accepted and acknowledged) limits of science.

What is your point?
 
Dywyddyr said:
This would stem the fact that what science does know it can demonstrate: i.e. there are solid, verifiable foundations for what science claims.
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Of course those "solid, verifiable foundations" change every few years, and many things in science can be demonstrated to be the result of inside politics for tenure, but who cares about all that, right?


What is your point?
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Atheists =

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With no offence intended for the chicken, of course.
 
Dywyddyr said:
Since atheism is neither a creed or a "discipline", or anything else how can there be a conflict?
Atheism is simply the lack of belief in god.
Atheists, however, are individuals and each and every one of those individuals may or may not hold beliefs that conflict with science.
You're asking a specious question.
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So Richard Dawkins, or even any of the other new atheists, never attracts criticism from the scientific community on account of their atheism?
 
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Signal said:
The first thing that comes to mind is the confidence that many atheists display, a certainty that they are right and know better than anyone else.
This is in stark conflict with the spirit of science of not presuming to have "all the answers already".
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What? :shrug:
 
Dywyddyr said:
Since atheism is neither a creed or a "discipline", or anything else how can there be a conflict?
Atheism is simply the lack of belief in god.
Atheists, however, are individuals and each and every one of those individuals may or may not hold beliefs that conflict with science.
You're asking a specious question.
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Scientifically, there has been no evidence to suggest that God doesn’t exist.
 
Mind Over Matter said:
Scientifically, there has been no evidence to suggest that God doesn’t exist.
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Except the parts that disprove the claims of existance, of which the burden of proof is on the claimant. Otherwise we could claim all manner of crazy things as truth.
This is not contrary to science.
 
Mind Over Matter said:
Scientifically, there has been no evidence to suggest that God doesn’t exist.
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I agree (in general).
And scientifically there's no evidence to suggest that Zeus, Osiris, Mithras and unicorns don't exist.
Presumably, therefore you accept and worship those too?

As I have stated more than once in threads in which you yourself have taken part - since there is no evidence to support god's existence there is no reason to subscribe to the belief in god. That seems to the point you constantly miss. Or ignore.
 
Dywyddyr said:
I agree (in general).
And scientifically there's no evidence to suggest that Zeus, Osiris, Mithras and unicorns don't exist.
Presumably, therefore you accept and worship those too?
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There is no evidence to suggest stuff just upped and happened creating itself, all by itself.
Do you believe it did?

jan.
 
Jan Ardena said:
phlogistician,




Heinous?
A bit strong don't you think?
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No, he accused scientists of committing fraud for personal gain, and implied this happened often.


Why didn't you wait for a response?

jan.
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Jan, he called all atheists chickens. I got an infraction for saying I'd never met an honest theist. If that was infraction worthy, calling atheists chickens certainly is.
 
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