23 Aug '05 22:07>2 edits
Originally posted by frogstomp"the unknown" is another name for the "spiritual realm"
"the unknown" is another name for the "spiritual realm"
the "unknowable" another term how God does His thing.
Science uses known laws ( like Coulombs Law, Ohm Law, Maxwell's Equations) to test data collected in an endeavor to support a hypothesis.
Most of the "evidence" for spirits ( of any kind ) are only "obs ...[text shortened]... d as The First LAW.
in earlier post I was asking if that was what you had meant.
the "unknowable" another term how God does His thing.
With those definitions I think that my answer to your previous question is no. Even if I assume they exist.
Science uses known laws ( like Coulombs Law, Ohm Law, Maxwell's Equations) to test data collected in an endeavor to support a hypothesis.
i can see some problems with this sentence, but I don't think they would contribute to the topic at hand. At least not now, so I'll accept it for the moment.
What I see in this and other threads from some religious people is their idea that science should use the existence of God as The First LAW.
in earlier post I was asking if that was what you had meant.
That problem is more present in the ID thread than this one. My point here is that the supernatural cannot be proven through science without ceasing to be interpreted as supernatural, and would be seen as natural and explainable through natural laws.
Even if theists want to assume there is such a thing as an unexplainable supernatural, then Science will not, by definition, be able to explain it.
That is, in my opinion, the paradox facing the theists that attempt to take a scientific approach on the supernatural.