[net.religion] Theology vs. Science

david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris) (04/27/84)

Yosi Hoshen:

> Introducing  god or gods into this business does not really help.
> One then would ask who created god.  The best answer to this
> question:  Man created god.  The introduction of the god axiom 
> is unnecessary.  We should try and understand our universe to the
> best of our abilities, realizing that there will be always 
> unanswered questions.  Invoking supernatural deities
> confuse the issues, rather then clarifying them.

Only if you confuse theology with science.

I will be the first to admit that science should not attempt
to introduce God into any of its experiments; it blows the whole of the
scientific method.  But by the same token, Science should not try to conduct
experiments with God.  Science is a useful tool, but it's not for everything.

Science, to some extent, can answer How, but not Why.

	-- David Norris        :-)
	-- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david