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To: When_Penguins_Attack
Forgive me. I was sloppy with my use of the word "miracle." I was using the term in the sense of a violation of the laws of physics and/or chemistry.

Certainly, I agree that God sustains the universe and its laws every instant of every day, and that in and of itself is miraculous.

Thus, when I say natural processes, I mean processes governed chemistry and phyiscs, and that involve no violation of their laws.

1,630 posted on 02/22/2006 3:12:08 PM PST by curiosity
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To: curiosity
I have no problem with science per se being concerned with the "non-miraculous." The division of the world into the "natural and supernatural" as though the natural world just chugs along on its own is a product of rationalism, not science. I believe that the majesty of God is exercised (in fact, I believe it is DEMANDED) by the complexity and order of the universe. This was the world of some of the greatest scientific minds the world has ever known.

I object to scientists attempting to do a bait and switch and talk about issues outside their domeain and call it "science."

Please see my response to Thatcherite for a slightly more treanchant statement of that point.

1,633 posted on 02/22/2006 3:25:05 PM PST by When_Penguins_Attack (Smashing Windows, Breaking down Gates. Proud Mepis User!!!!)
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