To: CarolinaGuitarman
It is saying NOTHING about the existence of God.The existence of God is not the issue. The manner and degree to whoch God may or may not be introduced in a scientific context is the issue. Stating that "God is beyond the purview of science" is definitively atheistic. It specifically names "God" as the object of exclusion. How can science exclude something it claims to be "silent" about?
To: Fester Chugabrew
As I was going up the stair.
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I really wish he'd go away.
To: Fester Chugabrew
" Stating that "God is beyond the purview of science" is definitively atheistic."
Only when you rewrite *atheism* to mean the belief that science doesn't have an opinion on the existence of God. In the real world, this is not the definition of atheism.
" It specifically names "God" as the object of exclusion. How can science exclude something it claims to be "silent" about?"
It doesn't single out God; it excludes ALL untestable, unobservable subjects.
225 posted on
01/19/2006 3:49:58 PM PST by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
To: PatrickHenry; CarolinaGuitarman; Fester Chugabrew
How can science exclude something it claims to be "silent" about? Perhaps this should go into nomination for the quote of the day award?
234 posted on
01/19/2006 4:11:28 PM PST by
narby
(Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
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