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Quote by: Lullaby Chainer  I think it does.
1. The Bible tries to convince us that God does affect the natural realm.
If God affects the natural realm, then this CAN be measured by science.
2. The Bible tries to convince us of certain things that have happened in our natural realm.
Things that have happened in our natural realm CAN be measured by science.
Discuss. |
The answer is no. Science is, by nature and by definition, naturalistic. I don't mean by that the science operates by philosophical naturalism but rather by methodological naturalism. In spite of the efforts of some spiritualists to confuse the two they are different.
What I mean is that it doesn't matter what the Bible is or tries to do, it is irrelevant to science. Science works by empirical observations of natural events. There is no magic or supernatural forces at work. Just because some events happened in the past that weren't understood, and because someone ignorant of the causes attributed that event to a magical being, doesn't mean that such a being exists. So far, no one has been able to offer any natural evidence that a supernatural being exists. If one responds, "We don't know the cause for that so it must be my god." isn't really an answer. It is giving up.