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To: annalex
The faith in scientific method is the faith that because things have fallen on earth they will continue to fall on earth. It is so ingrained in you that you don't see it for what it is, a belief

Whoever believes that needs a reality check. I am keenly aware that there are no guarantees and that what we have is here and now; yesterday is gone; next hour, or tomorrow is a maybe. There is no faith in it.

Knowing that gravity is a "property" of matter that affects even light is not faith -- it's a fact. Can matter suddenly change into anti-matter so gravity would become anti-gravity? Probably, but not very likely. That's harly a faith, annalex.

God is not an "observable" phenomenon; nor is He a statistical probability.

4,427 posted on 04/06/2006 1:31:41 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50

I am just not reaching yah...

I am not talking about a particular physical theory. The scientific method is inductive, from observations to theory. The transition from observation, -- any observation, -- to theory -- any theory, -- requires faith.

God is an observable phenomenon in the same way gravity is, by his effects, even outside of the plain observability of the Incarnate Christ.


4,428 posted on 04/06/2006 1:41:42 PM PDT by annalex
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