(July 9, 2017 at 2:47 am)pocaracas Wrote:(July 8, 2017 at 7:07 pm)Lek Wrote: I totally accept science as a method of discovering truth, but it can only test things that fall under natural law. As such, it's not equipped to make judgments on anything supernatural. Science also doesn't answer many of the "whys" that humanity considers. Science is great, but if you rely only on science for all your answers, you're living in a box. Any thing that doesn't fit into the natural criteria is not considered. Anyway, as far as examining the compatibility of science and faith, the website below is excellent and you ought to check it out.
http://biologos.org/about-us/
A "why" question presupposes a reasoning behind a certain action.
A "how" question expects only a mechanism. These are the questions that science poses... Although we often mistake these for "whys".
Mankind can pose many questions, many whys... Some, in an anthropomorphic attempt to understand the world around us, attribute a thinking reasoning to the world, or parts of it. Should we honestly do this? No... Are many (our rather most) somehow trapped in thinking like this? Yes, sadly.
The natural world that science probes is reality. Anything off limits to science is not real.
If the universe turns out to be controlled by some thinking entity, then that entity is a part of reality and thus accessible to science... No matter how elusive it may be.
This is why I say you're living in a box.
