swamidass
February 15, 2019, 3:34pm
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Well, about to publish an article from @dga471 that would be a good place to have that conversation. This is a valid question. Give us a day or two (or maybe just a few hours). I’ll publish that article, and let’s discuss it there.
So here we are @Rumraket , though I know the conversation continues on the other thread: How Do Scientists Believe The Resurrection? .
Also relevant is this article from Ian Hutchinson: http://www.veritas.org/can-scientist-believe-resurrection-three-hypotheses/
And this one from me: http://veritas.org/evidence-easter-scientists-list/ .
Your question is a legitimate one. I would say that we already know that there are many true things outside of science. There is evidence for the Ressurection, even though it is outside of science too. I like, also, how @dga471 puts it:
For me, science is just one way of examining and knowing the world. Only phenomena that is regular, repeatable, and reducible to simple laws falls under the purview of science. Let’s not even talk about theology - there are many areas of human experience which natural science cannot model accurately, much less predict. Some atheists would retort, “But in principle everything, including human history, consciousness, ethics, and religion, is reducible to physics!” But this is more of an article of faith and expression of optimism in future science than anything with direct empirical proof.
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