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In reply to the discussion: Is the belief that the laws of physics were/can be suspended by a supernatural force... [View all]durbin
(73 posts)15. Three (maybe four) posters seem to say "no" to the question.
Interesting that no reason or further explanation was offered. Just one word.
Not a rejection of science, just a momentary suspension of the natural laws, perhaps.
Perhaps it's a "cafeteria-style" science those posters subscribe to: accept whatever science you want whenever you're hungry for it, ( I have a toothache, I'm going to a dentist, after which I will thank my god(s) for dentists) and reject the rest of what's offered out there on the science buffet when not hungry for a logical explanation of the world; at those moments, choose from the "God did it/god makes it happen" menu, instead.
A convincing position? Not to me.
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Is the belief that the laws of physics were/can be suspended by a supernatural force... [View all]
cleanhippie
Jun 2013
OP
Not if you make it part of your belief system that the natural laws of the universe...
trotsky
Jun 2013
#4
The notion that the laws of physics could be suspended by a supernatural force
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#13
Except the sociologist brings her own cultural constructs to whatever the project is.
Deep13
Jun 2013
#42