Well, it's been a hell of a ride, laying rubber all over the road for the past decade. But it's time to call it a day and park the Rogue in the garage. Effective today, I am shutting down my blog to focus my attention on other endeavours. My thanks to the more than 2.7 million people who regularly joined me on these sojourns through news stories over the years that dealt with the places with issues of religion and faith intersecting with public affairs. May God bless you with a continuing desire to learn about and help disseminate the issues of faith throughout the public square. Happy trails in your continuing travels! Fr. Tim Moyle, p.p. Diocese of Pembroke
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
The author missed it in the first sentence. He quotes a philosopher as saying that “the methods of science are the only reliable ways to secure knowledge of anything.” and then goes on to trash the notion that science claims to answer all questions. No, it's not science, but the method of science, a critical, evidence based, testing, discarding false hypothesis, always open to correction methodology that allows science, and potentially other areas of human inquiry to make progress.
ReplyDeleteMichael: Is that not a difference that makes no difference? His point is that science is limited to only things that exist in the material world. It cannot address or provide answers to everything. Not trying to be argumentative and maybe I've missed the point you're making, but I think the author was correct with his assertion.
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