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"And when applied to those who undertake science with the understanding that God is beyond its purview, it causes science to be atheistic."

No, saying you are unable to examine something is not saying that thing doesn't exist. Before the microscope was invented, it was not possible to explore and claims about tiny organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye. In 1200 AD, viruses were outside the purview of science. Does that mean they didn't exist? No. Just that anybody who speculated about organisms that small would not be able to make scientific claims about said organisms.

The same goes with God right now. There is no God-o-meter to study God. The fact that no scientific theory mentions God in it's postulates does not mean that they never will or that science is atheistic. It is simply not CAPABLE of making any claims about God. You keep saying it is, but never giving any indication how one would study God scientifically. The balls in your court, yet you keep faulting.

" Maybe you think science and theology need to be sealed up in little hermetic bags, and never the twain shall meet."

It's up to you to show HOW they could meet. You refuse.

No, saying you are unable to examine something is not saying that thing doesn't exist.

I never said it is. It is simply atheism excercised and espoused within the confines of science. Government has no business establishing and supporting that kind of exercise to exclusion of those who believe God may fall within the purview of science, either directly or indirectly.

" Maybe you think science and theology need to be sealed up in little hermetic bags, and never the twain shall meet."
It's up to you to show HOW they could meet. You refuse.

I've experienced how it's done in Catholic school, and read about how it's done in Jewish schools.

In both cases, evolution is taught, but the teachers mention that God is somehow involved mysteriously in the process as the Creator, and then stop talking about God and talk about the process. After all, there's really not much that humans can comprehend about how God works!