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To: blowfish
Science operates on this thing called Physical Evidence. It's really central to the way science works.

Be careful, you might get some Creationist/IDers coming out of the woodwork claiming that science must take into account supernatural explanations otherwise science is flawed. How else can science and Biblical literallist Christianity be reconciled?

20 posted on 07/10/2006 12:54:20 PM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: doc30; DaveLoneRanger
Be careful, you might get some Creationist/IDers coming out of the woodwork claiming that science must take into account supernatural explanations otherwise science is flawed.

Science isn't flawed?

At one time science DID take into account what was once considered *supernatural* and it found that there were *natural* explanations for those things, like disease. Who knows what we might be missing discovering simply because some scientists are uncomfortable with anything that does not fit in their narrowly defined, restricted world. The problem is that by categorising things into *natural* and *supernatural*, science is shortchanging the world. It is not very open minded to refuse to examine anything that conflicts with your belief system.

Why the emphasis on Biblical *literalism*? It seems that that is the only way scientists can discredit faith; by placing it in a rigid framework that allows for no other interpretation. If *literalism* weren't in these discussions, there would be much more agreement with science than many here would be comfortable with. I guess we can't have anything from the Bible being given any credibility, because then someone might be forced to consider that other aspects of Scripture might also be true.

51 posted on 07/10/2006 2:47:59 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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