To: Dimensio
Science can be used to make the general statement that there is no natural means by which a human can walk upon the surface of water, but it cannot rule out the possibility of supernatural elements allowing such an event. Your claim is false. Science uses very precise definitions of all forces and quantities and reactions. There is no scientific definition of supernatural to even default to. That is simply something that one of the scientists may or may not state but it is opinion, not science.
602 posted on
06/29/2006 7:11:18 AM PDT by
DungeonMaster
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To: DungeonMaster
Science uses very precise definitions of all forces and quantities and reactions. There is no scientific definition of supernatural to even default to. That is simply something that one of the scientists may or may not state but it is opinion, not science.
Science is a methodology to study the natural world and explain events in the context of a natural universe. Science cannot, in any way, address the existence of lack thereof of the supernatural. As such, science can never be used to make any statement regarding whether a human can walk on water through supernatural means, because such a statement would fall outside of the scope of scientific inquiry.
Science can say that there is no known property of the natural universe that would allow a human to walk upon the surface of water. It cannot say that such an event is completely impossible.
604 posted on
06/29/2006 7:26:52 AM PDT by
Dimensio
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