Yes. I have noticed that. Yet science per se is not "categorically" opposed to God. Only some of its more "doctrinally materialist" thinkers engage in such activity. Such as the dude who penned the essay at the top of this thread.
I just think this is a case of science biting the hand that feeds it. Which seems to be all the rage these days.
But I also know that where the "realm of God" shrinks, so do human prospects. As in: "The Incredible Shrinking Humanity." Which comprehends the problem of "The Incredibly Shrinking Person."
You wrote a fine essay, b_sharp; yet it's late and so I'll have to defer a fuller response to tomorrow. I'm grateful for your post.
Good night!
No, science just gradually restricts God to smaller and smaller spaces. What was once most of Italy is now 30 acres on one bank of the Tiber, and we're thinking St. Peter's Square would be a great place for a Walmart.
(cue demonic laugh)
My text was incomplete. I was not trying to say science has the intention of shrinking God, just that the shrinking of God is a 'side effect' of science's desire to understand. I see no evidence for God just like I see no evidence for the tooth fairy. I have no desire to shrink God in the minds of others or expand him. I just don't care. I do care about the external effects those beliefs impose on my culture.
"I just think this is a case of science biting the hand that feeds it. Which seems to be all the rage these days.
Science does what it does, humanity benefits, God doesn't.
"But I also know that where the "realm of God" shrinks, so do human prospects. As in: "The Incredible Shrinking Humanity." Which comprehends the problem of "The Incredibly Shrinking Person."
You'll have to expand on this, I'm not familiar with the story.
"You wrote a fine essay, b_sharp; yet it's late and so I'll have to defer a fuller response to tomorrow. I'm grateful for your post.
You are welcome.