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Seven More Views on Intelligent Design
Science deals with the physical aspect of reality; its subject matter is data that, in principle, can be collected solely by physical devices. If physical devices cannot measure something, then that something is not the subject matter of science. Of course, the whole of reality encompasses more than the physical
Nature, Science, Bayes' Theorem, and the Whole of Reality
A fundamental problem in science is how to make logical inferences from
scientific data. Mere data does not suffice since additional information is
necessary to select a domain of models or hypotheses and thus determine the
likelihood of each model or hypothesis. Thomas Bayes' Theorem relates the data
and prior information to posterior probabilities associated with differing
models or hypotheses and thus is useful in identifying the roles played by the
known data and the assumed prior information when making inferences.
Scientists, philosophers, and theologians accumulate knowledge when analyzing
different aspects of reality and search for particular hypotheses or models to
fit their respective subject matters. Of course, a main goal is then to
integrate all kinds of knowledge into an all-encompassing worldview that would
describe the whole of reality
Theistic Science: The Metaphysics of Science
Christ, who is the Creator and source of all knowledge, is the ultimate goal of all those seeking truth in any discipline. It is difficult to know God with the puny tools of science. As we get closer and closer to the truth, our science must merge with our theology otherwise we will be following a false end of our scientific inquiry. I think Max Planck said it best: “God is the beginning of every religion and at the end of the natural sciences.”
All scientists who have any depth to their work will find
the hand of God in nature or else a mystery that they
refuse to identify with Go
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