06 Mar '20 23:52>
@bigdoggproblem saidDo you think science explains the material world? Its beginning would be excellent, has science shown you that? We agree we can look at what is going on in great detail, but that doesn't explain why only what is going on. We can see bodies in motion concerning planets and so on, that is pretty much it. The why they are where they are, doing what they are doing is beyond us if you believe Newton.
Yes, experience, but also reasoning. Experience without reasoning is no help at all.
Good science relies heavily on BOTH.
As to your last point, I could not disagree more. I find the Scientific explanation of the material world day far more satisfying, comprehensive and useful than any religious-type explanation I have ever read.
Just as science is not well suited to answer philosophical questions, religion is not well suited to explain the physical world.