Karl Popper

Most of the reasons people find to question, or even refuse, to believe the claims of religion stem from the research and beliefs of Karl Popper. Though they often wouldn't know it. Popper believed that life was about finding out about life and that we went through a process of verification. This process started in the scientific world and has now spread out into every avenue of human society. Many say that they will only believe what we can see and what we can prove. Popper called this Critical Rationalism. However he stated that we go through a process of falsification. What we know today to be true, could be proved to be false or wrong tomorrow when new information is discovered. For example we all believed once that the world was flat, then round, now scientists say it is eliptical in shape. He called this falsification. This attitude is predominant in western culture. Popper said that this was an absolute.

However in saying that it was an absolute he contradicts his own theory, hence the problem. Science is not an exact science and will always leave us with a gap in our knowledge. The mind however, despite all this still knows that it can know. That there is an ultimate truth and,logically, that truth is God. It may take scientist a while however, to realise that they are going down a cul de sac in thought, while the world waits to realise that there is more to life then what we can prove and see. That what is more is a power and a reality that loves and nutures them. One that they ignore whilst they wait for him to prove himself, and one whose gifts they squander whilst wondering even if he exists.