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To: Fester Chugabrew
If science is not competent to make statements regarding God, then how can it with competence state that God is outside of its purview?

We can definitively state that God is outside the purview of science because that's what we define science to mean. Similarly, we define the trade of "plumbing" or "carpentry" in such a way that God is outside the purview of plumbers qua plumbers. Why don't you go yell at some plumbers for not investigating God as the source of clogs and leaks for a change?

890 posted on 01/05/2006 7:05:20 PM PST by Senator Bedfellow
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God clogs no man's pipes placemarker
892 posted on 01/05/2006 7:11:28 PM PST by Quark2005 (Divination is NOT science.)
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To: Senator Bedfellow
We can definitively state that God is outside the purview of science because that's what we define science to mean.

Well sure. But who is anyone to know whether we have the competence or objective basis to define science as exclusive of God when science has no competence in the matter to begin with? And for God's sake don't bring my plumber into this. We're dealing with the fundamental assumptions inherent in anyone who undertakes to understand objective reality. This whole issue is not nearly as intrusive to general scientific pursuits as either side cracks it up to be.

895 posted on 01/05/2006 7:32:32 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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