dfsiemensjr@juno.com wrote:
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> However, I will say dogmatically
> that all scientific explanation will be in terms of natural events, just
> as the scientific explanation of the Big Bang can only work back as far
> as 10^-43 sec after the event. Calling the Big Bang "creation" is outside
> of the scientific explanation.
To the 2d sentence & 1st 1/2 of the 1st, yes. "Creation" in the strict sense
is a theological term, & natural science deals with natural phenomena. But limitation
of scientific explanation to t > 10^-43 sec is a statement about the current state of
physics & may be made obsolete by an adequate quantum theory of gravity. Of course that
will still not mean that physics can answer all our questions - such as why the
pattern described by that theory is instantiated.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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