Plead the First

Strobel’s The Case for a Creator, claims to present scientific evidence for a creator. Before evaluating this claim, I think it will be useful to have a working definition of “science”. This one seems pretty straightforward and to the point:

The study of the material universe or physical reality in order to understand it. This is done by making observations and collecting data about natural events and conditions, then organising and explaining them with hypotheses, theories, models, laws, and principles.

A definition of “material” might be in order as well, since that term is used in the definition, and since “materialism” was a concept that ECUMAN took issue with in our original discussion:

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

I may return to this post to add other definitions if necessary. In the meantime, I’ll be working on the next post, which should address Strobel’s take on the first item in ECUMAN’s list, “The evidence for the Big Bang”.

Posts in this series:

1. Introduction
2. Definitions

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