These are all entries bearing the tag science.
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Theism, or play-on-words
First off, sorry for not updating for so long. I've been busy, I guess, or just lazy. Anyway, today we're going to talk about something I noticed when debating theists, and that is a strange penchant they seem to have for misinterpreting—either deliberately or accidentily—the meanings of words, and especially for failing to realize that words can have multiple meanings. Oh, and beware of unrestrained expressions of disdain for theists in this post, as usual.
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Can science be a source of morality?
A question that has vexed scholars for a long time is the source of human beings' sense of ethics and morals. Some would claim that our sense of morality is divinely inspired; others, such as this author, claim that can't be the case, as there likely is no such thing as a divine to be inspired by. And, inevitably, someone will say: "All right then, if God is insufficient, then can science provide a basis for morality?" Well... can it?
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NOMA: An unsatisfactory cop-out
Paleontologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StephenJayGould|Stephen Jay Gould], in his short work Rocks of Ages, seeks to reconcile or at least explain the seeming incompatibility of a scientific worldview and the fact of evolution and the religious belief in a supernatural entity. In doing so he introduces the concept of NOMA—non-overlapping magisteria—which may seem superficially satisfactory, but ultimately isn't.