Those interested in the Blanchard-Schaff science argument will find Martin Albl's latest from the Aberdeen American News of some interest. Commenting on the work of Francis Collins, Prof. Albl writes:
Collins argues for a different approach. He begins with the fact that science itself is limited. If there is a divine reality outside the observable universe, then by definition the scientific method, oriented toward this observable universe, would be unable to detect it.
But is it reasonable to suggest that a supernatural reality might exist if it cannot be observed scientifically? Collins notes several reasonable signs that point in this direction. For example, science can trace the origins of the universe back to the Big Bang, but it cannot explain how that original matter came into being before it exploded. It's therefore reasonable to suggest that an eternal power outside of the universe first created it.
Human experience is full of similar signs. Why, for example, have all recorded human societies, often independently of one another, believed in a supernatural reality beyond the observable world? Is it reasonable to say that this is purely coincidental wishful thinking on a worldwide scale? Why have human societies connected this supernatural reality with ethical standards that insist on a true right and wrong, instead of merely accepting the "survival of the fittest" philosophy that seems to rule the rest of nature? Given these signs, it is unreasonable and even unscientific, to rule out completely the possibility that a supernatural reality does in fact exist.
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