(March 6, 2017 at 6:37 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: SteveII, thanks for your reply. IMO, it's cool that we can have a discourse in such a constructive manner.
SteveII Wrote:1. No, it is not the case nor will it ever be the case that scientific knowledge can answer all our questions (not even close). Great stretches of human thinking/achievement have nothing to do with science: philosophy, mathematics, language, aesthetics, the any of social sciences, etc.
Can the same observation be made about artistic, mathematical, philosophical, and theistic knowledge (just substitute the appropriate terms for scientific/science and plug them into the post quoted above) or any form of knowledge for that matter? Perhaps a combination of various modes of thinking (not relying on any particular one) can provide a better means for answering all of humanity’s questions about reality?
SteveII Wrote:Based on 1, I think it is clear that science and God are not two paths to the same knowledge. Science is a tool (of many) and not to be shunned, ignored, or despised by those who believe in God. Science does not have the ability to comment on God, the supernatural, or and truths we might arrive at through non-scientific methods.
Based on 1, is it valid for any particular domain of thought to make comments about matters that go beyond its domain? In your opinion, do your beliefs give you the ability to comment on matters that are unrelated to theism? If they do, then how do you validate this?
Thanks for your time and attention, Steve II.
Every discipline can inform us of things that pertain to that discipline. My belief in God does not by itself give me intellectual license to reject truths derived from the other disciplines.
