in some recent discussions, a supposed dichotomy has been raised. God or science as the answer to "why". i say that this is a not a dichotomy. the two are different. science has no power to answer why. it is descriptive. it isn't metaphysical.
now i hear the inevitable 'god of the gaps' rant coming. i'll repeat, there is no dichotomy. regardless of whether science has an equation for something, God is still the why. he is the why of the things we understand as much as those we do not. science was invented by people who believed in God, thought that he was an orderly God, and that his creation would therefore be orderly. they didn't have a problem with filling in knowledge gaps. this wasn't threatening to their belief in God.
it confirmed it.
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