Pattern-chaser wrote: ↑September 7th, 2022, 12:22 pm
But you aren't being clear. Why not just say that a religious view is better than a secular one, and then tell us all how and why that is so, instead of merely slagging-off the opposition?
Joshua10 wrote: ↑September 7th, 2022, 12:35 pm
I am being totally clear, I have suggested secularism is completely in the dark whereby understanding consciousness is concerned. I would suggest that secularism would agree with this.
You have told us what's wrong — "secular science" — but have not offered what is right, or why.
Joshua10 wrote: ↑September 7th, 2022, 12:35 pm
Please explain why you think secularism has the authority on science when it is totally ignorant about consciousness?
Straw man attack (see quote below). I have not suggested that "secularism has the authority on science", nor even hinted at that view. I have tried to discover what you think is right, not to oppose or judge your position.
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Joshua10 wrote: ↑September 8th, 2022, 3:34 am
All I can suggest is that “player” science I.e, nature science (because it explains consciousness) does answer the deeper queries whilst backing it up with real science.I would suggest that natures science is a team player.
This is the first indication you have posted about what you think is right. But your description is still too vague for me to understand, I'm afraid. What is "nature science"? Is it anything to do with
Goethean science?
Joshua10 wrote: ↑September 8th, 2022, 5:10 am
I prefer “player” science or natures science because it allows and explains where consciousness fits in and answers all my queries and provides sound science to back it up.
More praise for "nature's science", but I still don't know what that is. What is it, please?
Joshua10 wrote: ↑September 8th, 2022, 5:10 am
The Big Bang theory relies on that unknown flowery “secular” mathematical force “Gravity” which we all know to date is a mythical force. Nobody has the slightest clue what it is.
Oh, we know what gravity is. We can see it by dropping a stone and watching it fall. It is quite true, I believe, that we have no idea why gravity should be as it is, or the underlying mechanism(s) behind it. But does that make it "mythical"? Given that we can demonstrate gravity as simply as I have just described, it seems a bit far-fetched to refer to it as "mythical", wouldn't you say?