> Gene: Ahem, remember how I said that I'd explain how Christianity
> supported the
> scientific method? Well Keith was kind enough to tell you for me (much
> better than I could have done, too) Here's Keith:
>
> Nor did I state that Christianity did not support the scientific method,
> just that christian belief itself or for that matter any religious faith
> is not scientific. One can be a scientist and a religious person and
> neither side has to suffer from the other side (perhaps it can even
> benifit).
Gene: Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply that you had said that Christianity
didn't
support the scientific method. I was merely indicating how it did, in
fact support it.
We agree there there is no inherent reason why Christianity could not
support the scientific method. Of course this assumes that one believes
that God is truthful in what he reveals to us. Of course Christianity has
had times in which it both supported and opposed the scientific method and
even science itself.
Gene: My queries regarding your philosophy were to tease out the
consistency between that (your philosophy, whatever it may be) and the
scientific method which you seem to care about (as I care). The reason I
was asking you questions was because the two things (your philosophy and
the scientific method) did not seem to be coherent.
I'll try my best to be more 'coherent'.