Thought of the day – on science and naturalism
Science
uses reason, experimentation, empiricism, replication, etc., to study
reality. We aren't limited to studying natural phenomena unless you
limit the definition of "natural" to that which can be studied by
science, in which case the claim becomes a tautology. Science studies
supernatural claims all the time – esp, psychic clairvoyance, ghosts,
near-death-experiences, miracles, you name it.
If God exists, then either God has an empirically detectable effect on the physical world, or he is irrelevant to human nature. Claiming that God is somehow knowable through human experience and/or evidence and reason but is utterly undetectable to the tools of science is tacitly admitting that God doesn't matter and doesn't do anything, and the only thing worse for religion than a non-existent God is an irrelevant one.
If God exists, then either God has an empirically detectable effect on the physical world, or he is irrelevant to human nature. Claiming that God is somehow knowable through human experience and/or evidence and reason but is utterly undetectable to the tools of science is tacitly admitting that God doesn't matter and doesn't do anything, and the only thing worse for religion than a non-existent God is an irrelevant one.
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