Question Is atheism a scientific worldview? Many people who try to promote atheism seem to think so.

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February 9, 2012

Comments

Well much depends on what "scientific" is taken to mean (obviously), and there are plenty of philosophers who think that science strongly supports, provides evidence for, theism -- or at least that science is essentially neutral on the question of theism/atheism. But what does seem deniable is that actual scientific research, and its many applications, makes no explicit reference to God -- so that would seem to support the idea that science works in an atheist framework, on the assumption of atheism, and has managed to be pretty darn successful in so doing. That doesn't mean that various scientific results are not consistent with theism (though of course we want to recognize the difference between believing in "God" in general and believing all the numerous details of any particular religion); but it does suggest that atheism and science have a kind of natural fit, in a way in which theism -- especially when entwined with all the details of the particular religions -- does not.

IMHO, anyway!

Andrew Pessin

Question Is atheism a scientific worldview? Many people who try to promote atheism seem to think so. Accepted:February 9, 2012

Question Is atheism a scientific worldview? Many people who try to promote atheism seem to think so.

Accepted:
February 9, 2012