Posted on 04/02/2006 9:35:52 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
That is of course your prerogative. However, despite all the assurances of inerrancy many of the events described in the Bible are demonstrably incorrect.
All that lack of 'ifs, ands, buts, maybes,could haves,might haves, etc etc etc.' does is prevent necessary corrections to the stories contained by the Bible.
What it does for science is encourage a convergence of knowledge to the best approximation of physical truth possible. It allows for a refinement in the accuracy of our explanations.
There I go again using qualifiers in my comment. Shame on me.
Science does not assume that everything is known, nor does it assume that everything can be known. What it does do is acknowledge that the methodology that has evolved to its current state over the last 300 years is the best method for gaining knowledge about our physical world.
Thinking:
Those that can, do; those that can't, pray.
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