(February 15, 2014 at 11:53 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(February 15, 2014 at 11:34 pm)snowtracks Wrote: however, invoking methodological naturalism to dismiss God as a causal explanation for natural phenomena is not good science. after all, what if it turns out that God really did design the information-rich DNA structures of life?
... Then the moment you find evidence of that, it'll be rational to accept it as true. That's why the conclusions of science are only ever tentative, but the scientific community equally won't bend over backwards for every ludicrous "what if?" scenario you cook up.
This. In spades.
Merely suggesting possible causes and explanations is only the first step of a very long and involved process of experimentation, fact-checking and correction. Sadly, all-too many amateur pulpit pundits are content to leave all the hard work to others better versed in the rigours of scientific method that they deride so much, yet depend upon for their very existence.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'