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To: Soliton
God, for believers, is the condition without which science cannot even get going; divinity is a final explanation for the laws of science, as a philosopher of religion would say.

So wrong on so many levels.

The possibility that the universe has directionality or purpose, even if self-contained – that is, not making any appeal to an external deity – has been forcefully rejected by most of modern science. But maybe the extraordinary phenomenon that is an evolving universe containing conscious observers is itself forcing science to reconsider.

9 posted on 12/08/2008 12:07:56 PM PST by svcw (Great selection of Christmas gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
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To: svcw; betty boop; Alamo-Girl
God, for believers, is the condition without which science cannot even get going; divinity is a final explanation for the laws of science, as a philosopher of religion would say. So wrong on so many levels.

Actually, betty boop and alamo_girl have written a book that pretty much contends just that.

14 posted on 12/08/2008 12:10:40 PM PST by Soliton (This 2 shall pass)
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