Science is, and always was, a philosophical tool. It is not a religion, and attempts to dress it up as a belief system are doomed from the start.
There is no such thing as “settled science”. By its very nature, to question everything, even long-held beliefs, the dictum is, that as new facts are discovered that do not square with existing theory, it must cause a new reconsideration. Either the facts are not measuring the character of that slice of the universe, and a new slice has to be made, or the construction of the theory is skewed and no longer fits the facts.
The Universe is NOT an endless range of possibilities, only our perceptions of the observed portion are. The range of possibilities is cut down sharply as facts are introduced to the reasoning process, and the dim outlines of some applicable rule become apparent. The Universe obeys these sometimes hidden percepts with an internal and relentless logic of its own, perhaps using parameters far beyond our feeble powers to observe or reason through.
It is a test, people, neither pass nor fail, but repeated as often as necessary before proceeding the next level.
Which in itself may also be a dead end or a needlessly long and skewed path. Sometimes it is a long way out of the fever swamp.
As our ability to measure with greater precision/ accuracy has improved along with our ability to observe greater distances and finer detail we have been able to improve the validity of our theories.
People believed that the Earth was flat, that was wrong. Then people believed that the Earth was a perfect sphere, that was wrong, but less wrong.
The search for truth will continue.
Very well stated...
I’ve always said that there is no such thing as a miracle, it is merely science that is beyond our comprehension.
That does not mean that the things described in the Bible did not happen exactly the way they are described.
For me, science is merely a tool for searching to understand how God works.
However, I have often found that an expansion of consciousness thus allowing for a greater perception of reality was necessary in order to understand the science presented to me. That’s where it takes prayer and meditation combined with science to gain an understanding.
I am a scientist, but I also believe in God.