[trashcanbred]

science is restricting itself too much in an attempt to keep ANY *non-natural* explanation out of the picture

And for good reason Science does this. It used to be thought that everything bad that happens to us, from illness to earthquakes to lightning strikes was the hand of God. Science has shown there are reasons why these things happen and how to predict them and how to save people from them. If Science used "God is the answer" every time they could not answer a problem, Science would never have advanced enough for us to be talking over the computer to each other.

[metmom]

Still, while many scientists felt *God was the answer* that didn't stop them from laying the groundwork for most of modern science. There is nothing contradictory between believing that God did it and searching for the causes behind things. There's no way that the belief that God did it is going to squelch scientific investigation. Christians aren't fatalists.

As a matter of fact it's interesting that the Enlightenment coincided with the Protestant Reformation. Where Christianity is the predominant belief system is where you find the greatest freedom, standard of living, education, and medical care.