To: r9etb
Science has as a necessary and fundamental prerequisite, the concept of uniform natural laws. As a practical matter, most scientists assume our knowledge of these laws is incomplete, and that our statements of these laws are approximations.
Presumably, any action taken by God that is not in accordance with uniformitarianism would be perceived as a miracle and would be unexplainable by science. However, the history of science contains numerous instances of explanations for events that were formerly regarded as discontinuous. So science habitually assumes that anomolous events can be studied and understood as resulting from uniform laws.
We are al free to choose what we perceive to be miraculous and what we perceive to be the uniform outplaying of natural law. Science, however, is defined by its assumption of natural law. Without this assumption, it isn't science.
75 posted on
10/07/2003 9:50:07 AM PDT by
js1138
To: js1138
Science, however, is defined by its assumption of natural law. Without this assumption, it isn't science. But it's also just an assumption.
77 posted on
10/07/2003 9:55:53 AM PDT by
r9etb
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