God Arises
The Method of Argument
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simple assumption. It is our making of an inference,
which connects the switch and the bulb with one
another. Therefore, even after admitting this
observed relationship between the switch and the
bulb, the fact of whether or not the scientific
hypothesis regarding this connection is real or
unreal, will still remain in doubt.
It is only later, as further information emerges to
support this assumption, that its truth becomes
more and more evident, until we feel that our belief
has finally been confirmed. If the facts discovered
do not support the original hypothesis, we feel
justified in discarding it.
An atom provides an irrefutable example of
scientists’ faith in the unseen. An atom has never
physically been observed. Yet it is the greatest
established truth accepted by modern science. A
scholar has rightly defined scientific theories as
‘mental pictures that explain known laws.’ In the
field of science, the body of so-called ‘observed’
facts are not so in the strictest sense of the word:
they are simply
interpretations
of certain
observations. Human observation, even when aided
