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Originally posted by IROC
Worded the way you have it above, yes - I think it would take "faith" to assume that science would eventually, but surely, explain something that is currently unknown. It might not. We may never figure it out. The way I see it, though, when faced with something we don't understand, we have two options (maybe more, but for the sake of this discussion only two):
1. Use the scientific method to try and understand that which we do not know in the context of physical laws and processes that we understand and arrive at a hypothesis that explains the phenomenon. This is what scientists do every day and we have made alot of progress using this method.
2. Assume that it is too complex for us to understand and hence there must be a supernatural explanation (the explanation for the diversity of life on this planet comes to mind).
Since there has never been a case of number 2 ending up being correct, I think it is better for us to concentrate on number 1.
Maybe I am not characterizing #2 very well, but maybe you see my point.
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Actually IROC, there are many Christians (myself and Francis Collins included) who would agree with you on number 1. Assuming that God put us here with brains, I don't think that he wants us to just lightly brush off opportunities to use them as point 2 suggests.