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To: P-Marlowe
Although educated in both philosophy and engineering by Catholic institutions I have not claimed to be the expert on all matters scientific. I only hold that science is a creation of God and that to reject it out of hand because of a literalist interpretation of Scripture is to reject the omnipotence of God. My questions are probative and my methods Socratean. I would refer you to my post (48) in this thread.
104 posted on 09/25/2009 3:50:29 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

Science is a creation of God? As far as I can tell, it’s the creation of men, quite like other endeavors such as philosophy, theatre, or politics. Perhaps you mean that the objects that science studies and seeks to explain (ie, natural phenomena) are the creation of God?


108 posted on 09/25/2009 4:18:21 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Natural Law; Boogieman; GodGunsGuts; GourmetDan; xzins; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
I only hold that science is a creation of God

Wrongo, my FRiend. Science is not a "creation of God."

Science is the study of the creation of God.

The scientific method is the creation of man.

When that method denies or outright refuses to recognize or even consider the creator's hand in creation, it ceases to be Science.

111 posted on 09/25/2009 5:30:38 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Natural Law; mountainlion
Although educated in both philosophy and engineering by Catholic institutions I have not claimed to be the expert on all matters scientific.

Ohhhhh-kay.

I only hold that science is a creation of God and that to reject it out of hand because of a literalist interpretation of Scripture is to reject the omnipotence of God.

I agree that science is part of God's creation (see my tagline), but you go off the rails when you exclaim people reject science based on their interpretation of scripture.

Is that anything like each and every examination of evolution is always a "religious attack on science"?

Please explain how people that question evolution and happen to believe the veracity of scripture are therefore rejecting the omnipotence of God?

So how does this line of reasoning work when people demanding He be excluded say from the science classroom regarding His omnipresence? Wouldn't they be rejecting His omnipresence if they demand He be excluded from the science classroom?

125 posted on 09/25/2009 9:49:22 PM PDT by tpanther (Science was, is and will forever be a small subset of God's creation.)
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