<quote from Real Faith & Reason, vol 2>
Ungodly thinkers assure us they’re certain of their conceptual stories. We call their fallacy “hypostatization.” In this fallacy, a thinker treats made-up concepts as reality. At this point, the ungodly thinker will object:
“We have evidence for these stories.”
Here’s the problem. Ungodly thinking changes the meaning of the word “evidence,” so they no longer define “evidence” as positive proof of a claim. Not only so, but ungodly thinkers often don’t even define “evidence” as an observation. Instead, they define “evidence” as a certain interpretation of an observation. And they interpret by assuming, presupposing, and being controlled by bias. Scientists sift and filter observation through hypostatizations of the “body of knowledge.” Then they say this filtered and sifted interpretation is “evidence” of the claims found in the “body of knowledge.” As a result, using interpretation as evidence for the “body of knowledge” is circular reasoning. We see the confirmation bias. We explored this confirmation bias and circular reasoning in a previous trip: The Problem of Worldviews.
This “body of knowledge” is settled science in the imaginations of many ungodly thinkers, and we don’t dare challenge settled science.
However, there’s a real body of knowledge distorted and hidden by the fake “body of knowledge.” This real body of knowledge consists of all the observations ever made and recorded. And yet, many of these observations aren’t readily available. Instead, a fog of dogmatically held opinions based on assumptions hides the knowledge and pollutes the thousands of articles in scientific journals. That’s why we have trouble telling the difference between the observations and the opinions. Crev.info is a site that does great ongoing work in sorting out this difference.
Nevertheless, scientists created part of this “body of knowledge” from observations. As we’ve discovered, God reveals reality to both saint and sinner through observation. We’ve already explored how God reveals material and spiritual truth through observation. (Romans 1) Historically, God provided the scientific method through revelation and now provides knowledge through divine revelation. He reveals through the scientific method and all the methods He mentions in the Bible. And scientists have confirmed part of the “body of knowledge” by repeatedly testing, observing, and documenting. As a result, we can use this knowledge for real-world solutions to real-world problems.
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