PhD: Twitter quote 50
2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
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I can accept that science must use natural and not supernatural means (Dubray: 1911)(2007: 1) (Krikorian (1944)(2007: 1), and is clearly often a discipline with different methods than theology or philosophy. One should not expect scientific method to be religious in nature. Many Christians of moderate positions and various traditions would disagree with the concept that nature is the fundamental and original source for all that exists. Dubray (1911)(2007: 1).
God is revealed in Scripture to be spiritual in nature as described in John 4:24, therefore God could never be proven to exist through the empirical, scientific testing of matter. Science is therefore a discipline outside of the realm of the supernatural.
DUBRAY, C.A. (1911)(2007) ‘Naturalism’, in New Advent: Catholic Encyclopedia, New York, Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10713a.htm
KRIKORIAN, Y. (1944)(2007) (ed.), ‘Naturalism and the Human Spirit’, New York, Columbia University Press, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/naturalism/
Twitter version I
Y. Krikorian explains naturalism is part of nature, contains nothing supernatural; the scientific method should be used to explain all aspects of reality, including those assumed to be ‘spiritual’ in nature.
Scientism...my add.
Twitter version II
I can accept that science must use natural and not supernatural means and is clearly often a discipline with different methods than theology or philosophy.
