Dwayne,
my start at atheism was when I finally mustered up enough courage to ask one of my teachers why certain laws were so ... why did objects attract each other in proportion to their masses and inverse proportion to the distance separating them? Why is Xeno's paradox not really a paradox? I had assumed, based on the attitude of those peddling such information to me, that I was unable to understand these claims because of my own stupidity. Much to my surprise, in almost all cases I received no answers... at least none that answered the questions presented. I realised, after a few such episodes, the danger (and also, unfortunately, the need) of (for) blind faith in undefined entities and terms!
--ravi
^^^^^^ Ravi,
I'm not clear on this. Science doesn't have to answer every "why" question , especially since an infinite number of "why" questions can be asked about anything ( reminds of Zeno's paradox a little). Doesn't physics just state that empirical phenomena conform to these laws, not claiming to explain why nature conforms to them ? This doesn't make belief in the laws of gravity "blind", if the belief things conforming them in every observed case,no ?
Charles