(September 1, 2012 at 6:34 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:What supernatural phenomenon are you acknowledging that you think science has not yet understood?(September 1, 2012 at 5:47 pm)Atom Wrote: No conspiracy is involved, methodological naturalism is one of the philosophical assumptions used for most scientific inquiry. You can read about it here.
Atom, do you know what they call a supernatural phenomena that has been proven to be real and can be inspected by science?
They call it "natural".
Quote:If ghosts were real, we have Dr. Venkmen style gadgets that could detect ectoplasmic readings to sense if ghosts were nearby. There would be an entire scientific field devoted to the study of ghosts. Ditto for faeries, ditto for magical spells, ditto for anything else.I disagree with two of the above claims
Why?
Because if it can be shown to really exist, it can be studied.
If it can be studied, it can be understood.
If it can be understood, it can be explained.
If it can be explained, TA DA, it's natural.
"If it can be studied, it can be understood".
"If it can be understood, it can be explained".
This isn't the topic of this post, so I'll just mention time, dark matter, dark energy, and quantum particles like bosons.
Quote:See the "placebo effect" for something that sounds like woo but is real and studied by medical science.I'm not getting your point here. I know quite well what the placebo effect is, but don't understand "sounds like woo".
Christianity is grounded in history, the facts of science, the rules of logic, and verifiable biblical truths.