Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Quotes of the Day

Two from the same article I read today:

  • Scientists often fall into a fallacious tendency, after studying and describing something according to the methods of their discipline, to believe that their appraisal of it is somehow more real than the thing itself.
  • Science is wonderful at explaining what science is wonderful at explaining, but beyond that it tends to look for its car keys where the light is good.

This was within the context of the debate between science and faith. The author's main point is that science can't possible explain the things of God. Yet many scientists assume that since God can't be determined by science, God must not exist. They don't say that outright, but that's the implication.

The article was:

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/jonahgoldberg/2005/11/23/176565.html

;-)

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