re science and theories in article c u bq j news cso uiuc edu cobb alexia lis uiuc edu mike cobb writes as per various threads on science and creationism i ve started dabbling into a book called christianity and the nature of science by jp moreland as i don t know this book i will use your heresay a question that i had come from one of his comments he stated that god is not necessarily a religious term but could be used as other scientific terms that give explanation for events or theories without being a proven scientific fact it depends on how he defines god the way i understand the meaning of that term preclues it being used in a useful way in science ideas drawn from an understanding that god is supernatural precludes us from forming scientific assertions that can be falsified that is where we can decide that they are true or false within the terms of we use and useful observations drawn from them some religionists have an interest in bluring the definitions within science to make them more reconcilable and especially subserviant in a basic way to religious dogma this pursuit always fails i think i got his point i can quote the section if i m being vague the examples he gave were quarks and continental plates are there explanations of science or parts of theories that are not measurable in and of themselves or can everything be quantified measured tested etc reconciliation of science with religion involves circumventing the tendancy to claim that either pursuit can gain absolute or certian knowledge or that the domain of truth in each is fundementally limited in some way it gererally confurs the element of uncertainty and limitations to human knowledge while allowing for the different concerns of these separate pursuits science and religion ask different questions which have imperfect and provisional answers at best science is distinctly limited in where it can ask meaningful questions more questions can be posed than it can answer at the basis of sacred language is the place where words fail us and mere assertions disolve in contradiction bruce salem
