1. Science and Religion BOTH make faith claims

Comment #82467 by SirMoogie on October 26, 2007 at 11:51 am

I must highlight sidfaiwu's post. It is important for atheists to realize science has its faith-based propositions. However, the proposition in question is considered self-evident. A theist could disagree, and I've met my share that have started a debate pointing out this faith-based premise in science, but they cannot deny that they operate under its influence. The everyday decisions that they make use induction. From eating to nourish the body, to driving their cars to achieve rapid transportation, to sleeping to replenish their energy. No one waits until they deductively prove that these things will accomplish their previously observed results, they do them because they have always accomplished these goals. It's simply hypocritical for a theist to criticize the very self-evident proposition they live by.

It is also at this point that we can employ Occam's Razor. It is favorable to have a minimal set of faith-based beliefs.