Comments on: Who’s a Leftist Creationist? http://betweentwocities.com/2008/07/26/whos-a-leftist-creationist/ "Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the lover of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self." St. Augustine, DE CIVITATE DEI, Book XIV, Chapter 28 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: davidlarkin http://betweentwocities.com/2008/07/26/whos-a-leftist-creationist/#comment-307 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:10:53 +0000 http://davidlarkin.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-307 Science does make claims to “explain” nature. See e.g., http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-explanation/ The whole point of science is to provide a rational explanation in the form of theory or proposed “ground rules” that are “followed” by observed natural phenomena. Richard Dawkins believes that Darwin’s theory of evolution “explains” where we come from. That is plain. There are arguments about whether “inference to the best explanation.” Peirce called this “abduction.” What you call “ground rules,” others refer to as “theories” offered to explain. You want to apply your definition of explanation, and claim that science does not “explain”, and that’s fine as long as you recognize you are doing so. Books have been written by phillosophers of science about what is “explanation”. However, I agree with you that ultimately, science does not explain everything. Certainly, science cannot “explain” essences and why questions. I wrote about this with regard to “force” http://betweentwocities.com/2010/01/26/what-is-a-force/

Your idea that the womb of faith is nonsensical you adopt at your peril of course. I did not choose my faith, rather I was chosen. See my spiritual memoir where I describe my experience with supernatural revelation. http://betweentwocities.com/spiritual-memoir/

You might enjoy arguing with C. S. Lewis about nature and explanation while you read his most philosophical apologetic “Miracles.” http://betweentwocities.com/2010/12/04/reason-spearhead-or-beam-of-light/

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]]> By: Rodger Kamenetz http://betweentwocities.com/2008/07/26/whos-a-leftist-creationist/#comment-23 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:12:27 +0000 http://davidlarkin.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-23 A thoughtful response.

For some reason I started thinking of Einstein’s
statement, God does not play dice with the universe.
And then I thought of Mallarme’s line,
A throw of the dice will never abolish chance.

I’m not sure what the poet meant…

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