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Can Science Decide the God Question?
In Stephen Jay                   Gould's 1997 essay "Nonoverlapping Magisteria," he innocently                   wrote:
The lack of conflict between science                   and religion arises from a lack of overlap between their                   respective domains of professional expertise—science in the                   empirical constitution of the universe, and religion in the                   search for proper ethical values and the spiritual meaning of                   our lives. The attainment of wisdom in a full life requires                   extensive attention to both domains—for a great book tells us                   that the truth can make us free and that we will live in optimal                   harmony with our fellows when we learn to do justly, love mercy,                   and walk humbly.
Then, all hell broke                   loose.>>more
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scientific skepticism
Scientific skepticism thinks that the best way to find out what makes things tick in the universe is the way of science. Science uses reason, logic, observation, and experiments to discover how things work. Other ways of have been tried, but none of them have been as successful as the ways of science when it comes to finding out what makes the universe tick. People have tried using their dreams or the guts of birds to find out what's going on around them. Some have tried eating stuff that gives them visions. Some just made up stories that seem to explain things (like the story about a mountain being what was left over after two giants had a battle). Some say they got knowledge about the universe from non-human creatures. The methods of science aren't perfect, but they're better than any of the other ways of knowing the world that people have tried.>> more
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