I have heard this in a video that defends theism. It argues that science is not to correct way to reach the truth as it draws a connection between apparant reason and consequence, while this connection is not properly justified. I have my own answers to this but I would like to hear how other atheists of Debate Island respond to this argument.
Also, he argues that the reasons science presents cannot be actual reasons and he makes this analogy: "This sentence abides the rules of english but it was written by a conscious, intelligent person. Therefore, just like the rules of english do not write a sentence, the laws of the universe cannot create a universe just by themselves." I have told him that this is not evidence, just a false analogy, but he then asked "how exactly is it false?". Again, I have my own answers, but I just want to hear how others will respond. Maybe your response will be far more clearer than mine.
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For the second part, it is, indeed, a poor analogy, because it assumes that the laws of the present universe have created this Universe - but this is not actually what science claims. Science does not make any claims about the laws in the world "prior" to the formation of our Universe, because it is in principle impossible for us to interact with that world and deduce anything about it - but we do know that the Universe was formed X years ago, and this is the starting point of our scientific journey.
I am not sure why theists like to bring up the matter of "who/what created the Universe" all the time. Science does not have any stance on this, and theists have a stance for which they have 0 evidence. We do not know who/what created the Universe, and, in fact, from our modern perspective this question does not even make sense. What is interesting is what happened then; what made the Universe appear is not important, and, perhaps, the answer is simply "nothing".
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