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claims without evidence = myth, claims with evidence = science, yey or ney?
religions are myths, therefore by definition, whether that suits you or not
well done louis wu...
12 Answers
- Anonymous9 years ago
A claim without evidence is neither support, unsupported, or refuted. It is just a claim. Claims which evidence is not available for are untestable hypotheses. Claims which are illogical are refuted on logic alone.
A claim with evidence is a hypothesis or theory in testing. Even "proven" theories are still being tested all the time. Evidence may support, not support, or refute a claim.
Science is a method of gathering and analyzing evidence.
Myth is a collection of fictional canon.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. - Carl Sagan
- AngelaLv 69 years ago
The existence of God can be proven through theoretical means, philosophy being a rung of science. Now a little off point, but when I think of the Earth suspended in the atmosphere, rotating perfectly, I cannot accept science's claim that this creation is a random occurrence...this is one example and there are many. So the answer is ney.
- Anonymous9 years ago
if a religion has no evidence behind it then I guess that sort of works. If you r going by that logic however then if I tell you my name and dont show any witnesses to that or ID cards then my name is a myth.
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- smkellerLv 79 years ago
Of course, except that claims without evidence could be simple ignorance and superstition and never rise to the level of myth.
- JLv 79 years ago
Ok, so we all agree, atheism is a myth.
Then on what basis do you continue to claim to be logical while clinging to that most irrational of all myths?
- Anonymous9 years ago
The bible is not evidence. It is a claim. The most important parts of the bible are totally unsupported by external validation. One cannot have a self-validating document, unless one wants to totally ignore logic and reason.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Yep.
EVERY theory in Science MUST be accompanied by evidence. And that evidence MUST be not only credible, testable and falsifiable, but it must be peer-reviewed as well.