If someone says science can't explain everything what's the best way to repond?

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If someone says science can't explain everything what's the best way to repond?

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RE: If someone says science can't explain everything what's the best way to repond?

September 25, 2016 at 10:13 am (This post was last modified: September 25, 2016 at 10:23 am by Anomalocaris.)

(September 19, 2016 at 10:42 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Tell them religion can't explain anything.

Actually, religion absolutely can explain on an ad hoc literally everything that anyone at any given moment might be moved to ask for an explanation. Religion is just the Cliff Claven character from the TV show cheers, investited with a much more elborate simulation of erudition and gravitas. What religion can do is comprehensive but utterly trivial.

Where religion falls down is in absolute lack of predicative power in any field where predictions can be put to the test, not lack of ad hoc explanatory power.

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