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Scientific Method | • Observation • Question • Hypothesis • Experiment • Analysis • Conclusion • Iteration Made cars, planes, electronics, food, safer/effective medicines, improved roads, dams, weather forecasts, etc all realities. Don’t thank god Thank a Scientist

@kangminlee (Starts searching for extremist articles tied to every religion and ideology so we can continue pretending isolated crimes define entire groups—just in case)

@kangminlee This article is from 2023. If isolated crimes permanently define entire groups, are we meant to indefinitely catalog and weaponize every transgression committed by members of every religion, ideology, or demographic? Most people recognize that would be irrational.

Posts like this rely on selective framing. The autopsy did not conclude George Floyd died of “nothing.” The official ruling was homicide involving restraint and neck compression, even without catastrophic physical trauma.

@JabbaTheRim @_Superjudge @NataniaMarshall Homosexual behavior has been observed across many non-human species. At minimum, that challenges the idea that sexuality is purely a social construct or uniquely human. Thank god.

@_Superjudge @NataniaMarshall So you really think people were “born that way”? Denying their God-ordained biological directives for unnatural lust? I guess you would argue it is genetic then right? If that’s the case, how is the gene passed down if they cannot reproduce?

Nobody is born gay.

@NataniaMarshall Homosexual behavior has been observed across many non-human species. At minimum, that challenges the idea that sexuality is purely a social construct or uniquely human.

@MAGAVoice This absolutist language is the exact reason people describe this political movement as cult-like. No one can meaningfully claim to know what the future holds.

There will NEVER be a better administration than this. Nothing will come even close. Christ is King

@Maga4liberty Your binary framing fails before the conversation even starts. The real question is: based on what criteria? Economic growth? Foreign policy? Civil liberties? Crisis management? Historical impact?

“Trump now ranked top 3 presidents in history… Be honest, do you agree or are you triggered?”

@darwintojesus If morality is defined entirely by God’s nature, then “God is good” becomes meaningless repetition: God is good because God is God. Treating that as objective rather than subjective is an epistemological failure.

Subjective morality basically is the same as no morality. Imagine if science was purely a subjective domain, it would be worthless. God doesn't have "whims." God is constrained by his perfect nature. Whatever God wills will be good because it's willed by a perfectly good being.

@hermanneudix @darwintojesus Every step involves humans, so bias can enter anywhere. The point of the scientific method isn’t to eliminate subjectivity entirely — it’s to constrain it through replication, falsifiability, measurement, peer review, and predictive power.

@darwintojesus which steps in the scientific method are not subjective?

@Mr_TOlson @darwintojesus I haven’t made a claim. The entire point is that I am skeptical of your claim. Thought experiment: Let’s say I tell you there is a dragon in my closet that only I can see and speak to. My evidence is my personal experience with it. Would you believe me?

@HeyImMarkus @darwintojesus Where is your verifiable and falsifiable observation/evidence supporting this claim?

It’s never been about evidence.

@RicoSauve111 @dcopechatter No, most atheists are not “concerned” with the Bible itself. They’re concerned with dogma being used to justify unverifiable truths and policies that affect everyone else. The book isn’t the issue. Institutional fanaticism is.

@dcopechatter Also are atheist concerned about the bible anyway?

Atheists constantly ask for "evidence" to prove the Bible is real, claiming it's just a collection of harmless fairy tales and fables. If the Bible is just a myth like Cinderella or Aesop's Fables, why does Kim Jong Un of North Korea completely ban it? Why does a dictator with absolute power execute citizens just for owning a copy? Dictators don't build labor camps or activate state security to hunt down fairy tales. They don't fear fiction. They ban the Bible because it is a Load-Bearing Blueprint of absolute truth, divine authority, and human freedom. They know that if people realize they have an opening balance of breath issued directly by God, they will stop submitting to a tyrant who claims to own them. Tyrants don't fear fables. They fear the Creator!

@dcopechatter Dictators don’t just ban religions. They ban journalism, protest movements, labor organizing, political philosophy, satire, independent education, and even fiction. Authoritarian fear is not evidence of divine truth. It is evidence of perceived influence.

@BilltheCatGuy1 @ChristCert Don’t get me wrong, I love a good unsolved mystery. I just think it’s important to recognize that these experiences may also be the result of complex electrochemical responses to environment and perception. Profound experiences are not necessarily proof of the supernatural.

@ChristCert I live my life knowing that God exists. I've felt him give me peace and strength when I've needed it. I've seen him make changes in me that I couldn't make on my own.

I would rather live my life as if God exists & to find out He doesn’t, than to live my life like He doesn’t exist only to find out that He does. Before anyone asks “which God?” … it’s the one you hate. The only one that Hollywood mocks and no one calls them a phobe for it. The one the world is in active rebellion against. The one whose moral authority people wish didn’t not exist because they want to be their own moral authority. The one that’s calling all people everywhere to repent because everyone has sinned against Him. That God!

@ChristCert Totally love this journey for you. Just keep your laws out of schools and your theology off women, and I think things will be hunky-dory.

@GodlyAction Many beliefs persist for thousands of years. But persistence is not proof of truth, and not being dead doesn’t mean you’re living.

Christianity is not a dead religion. Jesus is alive and well.

@Mr_TOlson @CallsYouCochise @darwintojesus Ultimately, atheism is not certainty that no gods exist. It is skepticism one should have before jumping off a bridge. Most people reasonably ask: How high is it? How deep is the water? What evidence suggests we’ll survive? Questioning claims is not irrationality; it’s caution.

@Mr_TOlson @CallsYouCochise @darwintojesus If I may interject: Evidence consists of verifiable and falsifiable observation supporting a claim. “I’m unconvinced” is not a claim. Atheism is not belief without evidence; it is withholding belief until sufficient evidence is provided.

@GigaBasedDad Literally says: “Christianity is the only true religion because religion is man’s attempt to reach God.” Never has circular reasoning been so insanely successful. And in true fashion epistemically self-sealing.

Christianity is the only true religion.

@CallsYouCochise @Mr_TOlson @darwintojesus Great call out. I have noticed this exact tactic before. An obvious lack to sincerely engage on their part— it’s unfortunate.

@Mr_TOlson @darwintojesus Do you believe that you should respond in line to the person you're speaking with and not yourself?

@darwintojesus No, it hasn’t. It’s been about people making extraordinary claims without providing sufficient evidence for them. More broadly, it reflects a breakdown in epistemology and a misunderstanding of falsifiability. Ignorance is comfortable. Inquiry rarely is. Sleep tight.