Science and God

by BlogSpotThinker
September 7, 2011

Regarding science’s conclusion about God, two circumstances appear suggested to limit science’s ability to opine. Firstly, if science is defined as addressing solely what can be observed and tested directly, then science appears reasonably considered to be unable to offer an opinion regarding God. However, science appears to consider itself capable of opining regarding phenomena that it cannot directly observe and test if it can indirectly observe and test that phenomena by directly observing and testing the effects of the phenomena. Electrons, life and thought appear to be examples of such indirectly observed and tested phenomena.

Science, in such instances, appears to use logic, reason and interpolation (using directly observed and/or tested phenomena) to suggest the existence and/or behavior of such directly unobservable and untestable phenomena. Science appears capable, therefore, of directly observing physical phenomena suggested to be an effect of God; and the effects of phenomena whose natures appear to be other than natural or physical (the supernatural) such as life and thought and, perhaps, electrons. Science also appears capable of recognizing what might be considered logical phenomena such as apparently missing components of human interaction structure such as values standards and reports of a supernatural source of life and standards.

Science appears capable of logically, reasonably and rationally combining these components, and supporting the suggestion that they appear to logically, reasonably and rationally suggest the existence of an entity matching to some degree the reports of a supernatural entity.