on words

perhaps the whole evolutionist and creationist conflict is nothing but a big conundrum, caused by merely a play of words perhaps, which keeps going down the spiral of confusion. my argument is simple. a creationist can claim that he believes that god exists, and that is safe by all means. problem arises when creationist claims that he knows that god exists.

play it in a different scenario. someone is buying a lottery. he does so because he believes that he can win, not because he knows he can. there's absolutely no way, if played fairly, a man can know the outcome of the lottery draw. what he knows, is the probability of winning, which leads to his belief, even perhaps, certainty in his ability to win. but above all that, he does not know whether he can win or not. that is an unquestionable statement.

evolutionists, perhaps agnostics and atheists alike, don't give a damn when a theist claims that he believes in god. if that is his belief, then it should be respected, tolerated the very least. but of course, there are those that claims that they know god exists. without any scientific evidence at hand, a scientific claim is made. any scientist, who's dedicated their lives in pursue of knowledge and discoveries, would object this subversion against science as a body of knowledge.

so perhaps creationists might just want to stick with "believing", leave the "knowing" to evolutionists, because they're the one with science and not just faith.

2 comments:

YNH said...

science is actually faith..and vice versa..people do not know how to explain something doesn't mean that it do not exist..

however, physicist proves that actually what we believe in is actually what is happening around us. Although it sound stupid, but quantum physics have some prove on it..Newton's law, energy cannot be created or destroyed..when we think, we are actually sending out super high frequency that cannot yet be measured.But i believe it do exist..u read the book "power of now"? or napoleon hill's works??

i love them.and i believe god do exist..but not to how we think they are...its a form of energy...IMO

benjamin said...

well, if science is faith, its a quantifiable one the very least. the probability of the immeasurable existence of something cannot be ignored, but until that probability reaches a significant amount to be considered true, it's basically assumptions.

nope, haven't read those, i don't read much. well, your idea is kinda interesting. like you said, energy cant be created nor destroyed. but they can take many forms. perhaps god is the sum of all the energy. but if god is the cause of energy, what was the cause of god? haha, cha, pening la