Another Irony In Atheism

Science, these days, is often associated with materialistic naturalism. Science is empirical; that is, it relies on experiments, observations and calculations to develop theories as well as test them. Materialistic naturalism is a belief that material nature is all there is. There is a natural/material explanation for everything. There is nothing supernatural.

If something seems extraordinary or supernatural, the naturalist believes that there must be an explanation that falls within the natural realm.  In other words, even if God Himself were to come to earth in a miraculous way, the naturalist would deny the supernaturally of it.  He would still deny God.

In 1995, the American Natural Association of Biology Teachers stated the position which is generally held by major science organizations and educators:

“The diversity of life on earth is the outcome of evolution: an unsupervised, impersonal, unpredictable and natural process of temporal descent with genetic modification that is affected by natural selection, chance, historical contingencies, and changing environments.”

There is one huge problem with this. It is logically impossible to prove this position by using merely scientific means. I am not arguing for or against evolution at this time. I have done that other places. My purpose here is to point out the deep inconsistency that lies underneath the statements and beliefs of many modern scientists.

It is impossible to prove that everything is material in nature. Not only can this be disproven (laws of logic are real in the universe, but immaterial), but it most certainly cannot be scientifically proven. The universe is too large to empirically test the nature of it all. Further, it is impossible to state that all of nature has been material. We don’t have time machines. We cannot test things in the past.

To conclude, the naturalistic position is not a fact at all, but a philosophy that is believed or embraced by faith. As a matter of fact, many of the scientists that I have read or heard have not actually conducted the science themselves, but have only read other scientists' “findings.” I find it deeply ironic that they in turn look down upon Christians, who place their faith in the God-breathed Scriptures, while they place their faith in what a sinful man has written concerning his narrow and limited experience.