Chapter 1 3 The Greek Naturalistic House continues

Chapter 1. 3 The Greek Naturalistic House continues construction…

With the foundation laid, the first floor pillars in place, resulting in a system of thought called Greek Natural Philosophy, then using the preferred method or methods to arrive at Reliable Knowledge, we come to a practice of gathering, studying, interpreting, and ordering the information gathered from the world around us… commonly known as practicing Science. The Science produced by this structure of thought is called…

Evolutionary Science Skepticis Rationalis m m Empiricism Greek Natural Philosophy The Natural World is all that Exists The Cosmos Consists only of Natural Elements The Cosmos Functions according to Natural Processes The Super. Natural Does Not Exist THE SUPERNATURAL DOES NOT EXIST

Evolutionary Science n As mentioned before, science is the practice of gathering, studying, interpreting, and ordering the data according to pre-established rules formulated by the underlying chosen philosophy; Evolutionary Science is the product of practicing science from a Greek Natural Philosophy base of thinking.

From the Greeks to Darwin By Henry Fairfield Osborn n n 1. Thales of Miletus (640 B. C. - 546 B. C. ) He declared water to be the matter from which all else arose. 2. Anaximander (611 B. C. - 547 B. C. ) The earth was first covered with water; from its gradual drying up all creatures were produced. Aquatic men first appeared in the form of fish and they emerged from this element only after they had progressed in development to sustain themselves on land. This was like a metamorphasis with the idea of survival through trying circumstances.

From the Greeks to Darwin n By Henry Fairfield Osborn 3. Xenophanes (576 B. C. - 480 B. C. ) The ultimate origin of life he traced back to was Spontaneous Generation, believing that the sun warming the earth produced plants and animals.

From the Greeks to Darwin n By Henry Fairfield Osborn 4. Empedocles (495 B. C. - 435 B. C. ) He believed the development of life was a gradual process. That plants evolved before animals. That the imperfect forms were gradually replaced by perfect forms. The natural cause of the production of perfect forms was the extinction of the imperfect.

From the Greeks to Darwin n n By Henry Fairfield Osborn 5. Plato (428 B. C. - 348 B. C. ) His Chain of Being, was from the perfect to the imperfect. It was a degenerative evolution. 6. Aristotle (384 B. C. – 322 B. C. ) He believed in a complete ascending gradation in nature, a progressive development corresponding with the progressive life of the soul. His concept was of a single chain of being evolving from polyps to man.

In the late 1800’s the three separate methods of Empiricism, Rationalism, and Skepticism joined together to form a new three step method of attaining Reliable Knowledge: Step #1… Experiment = Empiricism Step #2… Hypothesis = Rationalism Step #3… Repeat Experiment = Skepticism This three step method is now known as the “Scientific Method” followed for attaining Reliable Knowledge.

But does Modern Science Really Have Such Rules? Judge Jones; Kitzmiller case # 4: 04 -cv-2688 -JEJ, page 65 December 20, 2005 While supernatural explanations may be important and have merit , they are not a part of science. This self-imposed convention of science, which limits inquiry to testable, natural explanations about the natural world, is referred to by philosophers as “methodological naturalism” and is sometimes known as the scientific method. Methodological naturalism is a “ground rule” of science today which requires scientists to seek explanations in the world around us based upon what we can observe, test, replicate, and verify.

Terms: n n Methodological Naturalism: Means that a person in public practice applies methods that assume that all can be explained by natural processes. This leaves the door open to the supernatural in private practice. Metaphysical Naturalism: Means that a person applies Natural Philosophy to both his/her public and private practices.

Magazine: National Geographic February of 2007, Voices; page 33 Francis Collins; The Scientist as Believer By John Horgan: As a scientist who looks for natural explanations of things and demands evidence, how can you also believe in miracles, like the resurrection?

Magazine: National Geographic February of 2007, Voices; page 33 Francis Collins; The Scientist as Believer By John Horgan n Collins: I don’t have a problem with the concept that miracles might occasionally occur at moments of great significance, where there is a message being transmitted to us by God Almighty. But as a scientist I set my standards for miracles very high.

Magazine: National Geographic February of 2007, Voices; page 33 Francis Collins; The Scientist as Believer By John Horgan: The problem I have with miracles is not just that they violate what science tells us about how the world works. They also make God seem too capricious. For example, many people believe that if they pray hard enough God will intercede to heal them or a loved one. But does that mean that all those who don’t get better aren’t worthy?

Book: Scientists Confront Creationism Introduction by Richard Lewontin, page XIV n “We cannot live simultaneously in a world of natural causation and of miracles, if one can occur, there is no limit. ”

Paper: Naturalism Is Today- By History, Philosophy, And Purpose- An Essential Part of Science By Dr. Steven d. Schafersman “Do theistic scientists think they are playing a game, in which they do science during the day with naturalistic methods, but at night go home and leave naturalism behind in the laboratory, since they don’t really believe it describes a true picture of reality? ”

Magazine: Time; November 13, 2006 God vs. Science, By David Van Biema page 51 Time: Professor Dawkins, if one truly understands science, is God then a delusion, as your book title suggests (The God Delusion)? Dawkins: The question of whethere exists a Super Natural Creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think it is a scientific question. My answer is no.

Magazine: Time; November 13, 2006 God vs. Science, By David Van Biema page 54 Time: Dr. Collins, the Resurrection is an essential argument of Christian faith, but doesn’t it, along with the virgin birth and lesser miracles, fatally undermine the scientific method, which depends on the constancy of natural laws? Collins: If you are willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there’s nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.

Magazine: Time; November 13, 2006 God vs. Science, By David Van Biema page 54 Time: Doesn’t the very notion of miracles throw off science? Collins: Not at all. … Dawkins: If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. … Once you buy into the position of faith, then suddenly you find yourself losing all of your natural skepticism and your scientific- really scientificcredibility. I’m sorry to be so blunt.

Natural Matter + Energy Evolutionary Science Skepticis Rationalis m m Empiricism Greek Natural Philosophy The Natural World is all that Exists The Cosmos Consists only of Natural Elements The Cosmos Functions according to Natural Processes The Super. Natural Does Not Exist THE SUPERNATURAL DOES NOT EXIST

In any pattern of thought there must be something eternal. Since this house is limited to the Natural world, Then Matter and Energy must be eternal, they cannot be created.

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Since Matter and Energy are Eternal, that means that Time has always been. The Four components that Evolutionary Science has to Explain Origins by: Matter + Energy + Time + Chance

Origins According To This Model: 1. Origin of The Universe. Matter + Energy + Time + Chance = “The Big Bang” 2. Origin of Life. Matter (Water) + Energy (Sun) + Time + Chance =The Spontaneous Origin of Life 3. Origin of Man Matter (Monkey) + Energy (Mutations) + Time + Chance = Man

MAN Natural Matter + Energy Time + Chance Evolutionary Science Skepticis Rationalis m m Empiricism Greek Natural Philosophy The Natural World is all that Exists The Cosmos Consists only of Natural Elements The Cosmos Functions according to Natural Processes The Super. Natural Does Not Exist THE SUPERNATURAL DOES NOT EXIST

Man, believing that he is a product of: Matter + Energy + Time + Chance arrives at the conclusion that…

n “The Super Natural Does Not Exist”

Magazine: Time; November 13, 2006 God vs. Science, By David Van Biema page 51 Dawkins: The question of whethere exists a Super Natural Creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think it is a scientific question. My answer is no.

The Super-Natural Does Not Exist MAN Natural Matter + Energy Time + Chance Evolutionary Science Skepticis Rationalis m m Empiricism Greek Natural Philosophy The Natural World is all that Exists The Cosmos Consists only of Natural Elements The Cosmos Functions according to Natural Processes The Super. Natural Does Not Exist THE SUPERNATURAL DOES NOT EXIST

To employ a Science that is based on the belief that God does not exist, to then prove by that same Science that God does not exist… That is called “Circular Reasoning”

The Super-Natural Does Not Exist MAN Natural Matter + Energy Time + Chance Evolutionary Science Skepticis Rationalis m m Empiricism Greek Natural Philosophy The Natural World is all that Exists The Cosmos Consists only of Natural Elements The Cosmos Functions according to Natural Processes The Super. Natural Does Not Exist THE SUPERNATURAL DOES NOT EXIST