A Response to Joseph Mattera

[Apologiaphoenix]

Joseph Mattera seeks to show the problems of "God's Not Dead" by taking a presuppositional approach. I of course have problems with such an approach and have written out my thoughts on the matter.

http://deeperwaters.wordpress.com/20...oseph-mattera/

[Truthseeker]

You said science is empirical, but some empirical matter is not scientific. Isn't it really a matter of definition? Semantics. Define empiricism and science, then point out how they differ.

[Apologiaphoenix]

Certainly. Empiricism is the belief that all knowledge comes through sense experience. I see what I am reading on my screen and typing right now. That is empirical knowledge. That does not mean that it is scientific knowledge. Science as understood today involves using the scientific method to test a hypothesis through repeatable experiments. That of course relies on sense experience but focuses it in a different way.