Re: Ool - out at first base?

On 12/14/24 8:23 AM, DB Cates wrote:

On 2024-12-14 6:04 a.m., MarkE wrote:
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Christian de Duve put it this way: "Science is based on the working hypothesis that things are naturally explainable. This may or may not be true. But the only way to find out is to make every possible effort to explain things naturally. Only if one fails - assuming failure can ever be definitely established - would be entitled to state that what one is studying is not naturally explainable."
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That seems close what to what I'm proposing. Thoughts?
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For argument's sake, let's say that is true.
Now, how do you get from 'OoL is supernatural' to the Christian god or indeed any god at all? I suppose we could call it the 'god of OoL' but now what else do we know about this 'god'?
 

If it's explainable, there's little difference between invoking god(s) or looking for natural causes.  Many scientists believe in god, and you're in good company with Issac Newton, probably the best physicist who ever lived. He explained things that many believed inexplicable.