[asa] RE: scientism question

Also- I just looked-up 'scientism' in wikipedia, and was surprised that it was viewed as a pejorative (at least by the wiki author(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism

Is it reasonable or unreasonable to use this term with atheists who may be like that?

...Bernie

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Subject: [asa] scientism question

A questions about the 'scientism' worldview (science is the only reality). (I'm dealing with an atheist like that.)

If a person says they accept only 'science,' should they have a logical issue with evolution since there is no scientific understanding of how biological life can arise from non-life? Seems like abiogenesis is a 'belief' based on the evidence indicated by science in general, yet the atheist I'm dealing with claims to have "no beliefs of any kind."

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Received on Thu Jan 8 13:35:11 2009