> Naturalism insists that anything which is supernatural cannot be scientifically investigated, by definition.
No, that is not what naturalism is. That would be circular. Naturalism is the philosophical stance that things that cannot be observed do not exist.
Alleged supernatural phenomena cannot ever be definitively ruled out (because new observations may confirm their existence) but to date there has never been an alleged supernatural phenomenon that did not have an adequate naturalistic explanation.
There is space for divine inspiration as a hypothesis in science. It fulfills the same role as a flat earth hypothesis. It's up to the weirdos to prove their insane leaps, not on us to disprove.
So? Brilliant as he was for his time, your average modern middle-school student has a more fundamental grasp of the natural world and its secrets than his alchemy would ever teach him.
Well... I mean science did make books and science can be quite inspiring. Literally inspired books seem possible if you get the right combination to write and I'm sure there could be a study on how to literally inspire someone to write... Perhaps add too much DMT to the brain.
That said, without being silly about words the bible could be full of science but their concept of science is very different from our own, how they view the world is quite different... But we sometimes are blind and make assumptions about their views. Often people discredit those in the past with assuming they know better. Like the mystery of how we lost concrete and why bricks were so popular.
And for some silly reason people often say "Science" as if it disproves things. As if a mere word could really be an argument. Science in fact can prove lots things and yes, a fair amount of the Bible is already proven and can make one curious about what is possible.
Stuff changes but some things remain the same - we still have modern day immortal jellyfish, what other creatures could have lived back then? If the live span of a mammal like a whale is so long imagine other creatures of the past. More ancient, and older than the Greenland shark. How could other animals be if they used a similar technique to the jellyfish?
Snakes with tiny legs still exist though the amount of legs very, and no I was not referencing Tetrapodophis amplectus, nor lizards but actually snakes forced to crawl (because their tiny legs are useless) so you can look that one up. Look up python legs.
Animals can talk and use tool (Well trained birds come to mind, but many birds are able to do this, and some mammals easily mimic humans like many dog species rather it be a laugh or scream of a fox.
Whales have speech patterns like humans, perhaps the giant beasts of the past could be similar to whales with speech? Kind of a scary idea of a smart land whale with human like whale speech patterns) who is to say what the world was like? What it sounded and acted like? How intelligent it could have been. So many curiosity's. Very scary ideas too. Land killer whales could be very frightful as they are very good at finding human weaknesses if they get angry enough...
The idea of the Pharaoh's snake a popular chemical used by magician's back then would be quite magical and still is today. If you want to feel like summoning a monster try those chemicals. It got it's name for a good reason.
Now can I explain everything in the Bible? Well no of course not, nor do I think everything is literal and even the Bible itself says this in multiple places. But to say "science" is quite silly. It's like saying man can never fly nor sail because of science. Depending on your point of time well science would say you are correct, but that does not mean it is impossible. Science leaves room for all sorts of discovery if you are willing to look with a bit of faith and be willing to see the impossible.
We use our grand imagination to examine the past but it's fragmented at best. Science is good at making predictions but not everything can be predictable from unknown factors and ever changing variables. It's a helpful tool though to bring a sense of order and control until you dig too deep or your assumptions last too long, like the lack of fat dinos compared to how we view whales with similar bones. Etc etc.
NateEag|3 years ago
If you want to live your life via the scientific method, awesome - it's a really powerful technique for refining the accuracy of predictions.
It can't ever rigorously conclude whether anything was ever divinely inspired, though.
lisper|3 years ago
No, that is not what naturalism is. That would be circular. Naturalism is the philosophical stance that things that cannot be observed do not exist.
Alleged supernatural phenomena cannot ever be definitively ruled out (because new observations may confirm their existence) but to date there has never been an alleged supernatural phenomenon that did not have an adequate naturalistic explanation.
lapestenoire|3 years ago
shhdhsheh|3 years ago
What if our world was designed on purpose including drugs like LSD to enlightenment and all earth religions are wrong because they stopped listening?
But hey true we don't know :-)
lo_zamoyski|3 years ago
https://www.catholic.com/tract/proving-inspiration
smeagull|3 years ago
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krapp|3 years ago
softsound|3 years ago
That said, without being silly about words the bible could be full of science but their concept of science is very different from our own, how they view the world is quite different... But we sometimes are blind and make assumptions about their views. Often people discredit those in the past with assuming they know better. Like the mystery of how we lost concrete and why bricks were so popular.
And for some silly reason people often say "Science" as if it disproves things. As if a mere word could really be an argument. Science in fact can prove lots things and yes, a fair amount of the Bible is already proven and can make one curious about what is possible.
Stuff changes but some things remain the same - we still have modern day immortal jellyfish, what other creatures could have lived back then? If the live span of a mammal like a whale is so long imagine other creatures of the past. More ancient, and older than the Greenland shark. How could other animals be if they used a similar technique to the jellyfish?
Snakes with tiny legs still exist though the amount of legs very, and no I was not referencing Tetrapodophis amplectus, nor lizards but actually snakes forced to crawl (because their tiny legs are useless) so you can look that one up. Look up python legs.
Animals can talk and use tool (Well trained birds come to mind, but many birds are able to do this, and some mammals easily mimic humans like many dog species rather it be a laugh or scream of a fox. Whales have speech patterns like humans, perhaps the giant beasts of the past could be similar to whales with speech? Kind of a scary idea of a smart land whale with human like whale speech patterns) who is to say what the world was like? What it sounded and acted like? How intelligent it could have been. So many curiosity's. Very scary ideas too. Land killer whales could be very frightful as they are very good at finding human weaknesses if they get angry enough...
The idea of the Pharaoh's snake a popular chemical used by magician's back then would be quite magical and still is today. If you want to feel like summoning a monster try those chemicals. It got it's name for a good reason.
Now can I explain everything in the Bible? Well no of course not, nor do I think everything is literal and even the Bible itself says this in multiple places. But to say "science" is quite silly. It's like saying man can never fly nor sail because of science. Depending on your point of time well science would say you are correct, but that does not mean it is impossible. Science leaves room for all sorts of discovery if you are willing to look with a bit of faith and be willing to see the impossible.
We use our grand imagination to examine the past but it's fragmented at best. Science is good at making predictions but not everything can be predictable from unknown factors and ever changing variables. It's a helpful tool though to bring a sense of order and control until you dig too deep or your assumptions last too long, like the lack of fat dinos compared to how we view whales with similar bones. Etc etc.