(August 8, 2014 at 5:51 pm)Michael Wrote: Pickup. The point was simply that not everything in our lives is within the purview of science. No-one can live consistently with the view that only those things verifiable by science can be held to be true. Rather, science has a particular scope. Personally, I use it to investigate health and disease (and how we can best alleviate the suffering caused by disease). I don't use it to judge good from bad, for example. I love science, but I think those who try to subject everything to it misunderstand it.
Science investigates the Universe. Religions claim that god(s) run, rule, or influence the Universe. It stands to reason that science ought to be able to address at least some claims made by the religious (miracle cures come to mind immediately.)
Pleading special protection from scientific scrutiny is simply compartmentalization writ large.
