tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post2373508916715913342..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: The "Big Bang Theory" and What It Tells Us about Man's Capabilities A. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-87930474677000223702013-04-28T13:28:10.507-07:002013-04-28T13:28:10.507-07:00extra large "dittos" for both chrylis an...extra large "dittos" for both chrylis and J. Landless<br /><br />El Gringo ViejoDavid Christian Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486433908063462273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-82568852739381991852013-04-28T05:35:56.704-07:002013-04-28T05:35:56.704-07:00Mr Haley,
Thank you once again for a beautifully ...Mr Haley,<br /><br />Thank you once again for a beautifully written article. I enjoyed reading it immensely and cannot help but admire the work of an organised and logical mind.<br /><br />Have you ever considered writing a book on any of these topics? Some of them deserve longer treatment, and I think you could really do them justice.The Thoughtful Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837834966880921191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-30036589898919683282013-04-26T19:54:38.770-07:002013-04-26T19:54:38.770-07:00My brother, who resides with the angels at this ti...My brother, who resides with the angels at this time, was a Chairman of the College of a major University in the South. The School of Geography and Earth Sciences did a carbon dating on a particular artifact from an Indian site. As usual, it was passed around to three or four other Universities of prestige that also had CD capacity and experience.<br /><br />Four schools, four datings, ranging from 1,100 Anno Domini to 16,000 Before Christ.<br />Respectfully,<br />El Gringo Viejo David Christian Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486433908063462273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-77534455289641523202013-04-25T09:06:22.087-07:002013-04-25T09:06:22.087-07:00chrylis, I have no dispute with your characterizat...chrylis, I have no dispute with your characterization of science and scientists; nor did I intend to ascribe hubris to them. My full sentence was: "Science excludes the hypothesis that there could be a God <i>a priori</i> [from the very outset], because it has no means by which to test such an hypothesis, given its assumed and agreed [<i>i.e., a priori</i>] methods of observation and experiment." I was trying to make two simple, non-controvertible observations:<br />(1) Science is self-limiting; and<br />(2) God, being infinite, is unlimited<br /><br />--from which I drew the conclusion that one who confines himself <i>only</i> to science and its methods will not have any chance of discovering God, or the greater reality in which God has placed us -- so that we <i>can</i> discover Him, if we use our (non-scientific) abilities to look.<br /><br />I know that many scientists -- <i>e.g.,</i> John Polkinghorne, Francis Collins -- are also deeply religious, and they illustrate my point, because they do not limit their methods and observations solely to what science allows. <br /><br />But it is the scientists like Richard Dawkins and Victor Stenger who are my object lessons: they are so resolutely and completely self-limiting in their approach that it makes their attempts at philosophy or theology risible.A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-49537675224394519272013-04-25T08:43:55.920-07:002013-04-25T08:43:55.920-07:00As both a regular of The Big Bang Theory and a sci...As both a regular of <i>The Big Bang Theory</i> and a scientist (a physicist by training with published research in nuclear physics), I must take issue with your characterization of the self-claims of "science". While there are a few individual scientists who will make the unsupportable claim that everything true can be determined by the scientific method, most scientists and philosophers of science will readily agree that science is simply one tool for discovering truth and that its scope is properly limited to those questions for which objective, repeatable tests can be devised. Saying that "[s]cience excludes the hypothesis that there could be a God" imputes no more hubris to science than the equally valid statement that the question of the existence of God is outside the jurisdiction of the courts implies that all truth can be determined by jury.chrylishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417282205206760286noreply@blogger.com