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Originally Posted by UnchainedAcolyte  Still, scientifically, weight lies with the skeptic/atheist argument due to lack of observable evidence. |
The problem with this debate is that one's conclusion is already assumed and all evidence is filtered through that lens.
You say weight lies with the atheist argument due to lack of evidence. Someone believing God created things as he said he did in the bible look to nature and the order of things and see evidence pointing to the existence of a creator God.
One starts with the belief of no god and goes about seeing life in a way that reinforces that belief. Everything in this worldview says "I see how it happened without a god" thereby creating the lack of observable evidence you say exists. Another starts with a belief of a creator God and the same logic applies.
My main point is that it takes a huge amount of faith on both sides of the coin. Neither side has seen God and neither side has observed creation/evolution. Both must take on faith that what they are observing in the world reinforces their original belief system.
To say the matter is settled and one faith system triumphs over another is akin to setting up state sponsored religion in schools. This time it is the religion of the godless in the clothing of "science". If you want to come out and say that's the case, then I don't have a problem with it. Let's call it what it is though, one faith based system at odds with another.
