It drives me crazy. If, for some reason, you find yourself in a scientific argument with a biblical liberalism, well, first of all you’ve probably done something wrong or made some kind of mistake somewhere, but should it happen, the ultimate brick wall you’ll always hit is: God willed it, and the Bible is the correct and authoritative source of God’s history and intent.
It’s an appeal to authority. In other subjects of argument that can be a fine thing to do sometimes (I guess) but in matters of science, it’s lazy and delusional. It’s passing the buck. In addition to an argument that God is responsible for an action, it also contains a subtle second assertion: because God is responsible for something, there’s really no point in even thinking about it, because, really, who knows, right?
Let’s accept that, relative to what we know about the universe, God has an independent will and magical powers to change what he desires. This is stated to be true.
Sorry, God just became part of science. Continue reading “The Science of God”