I will support science's ability to demonstrate that belief in God is unreasonable. I will do this by demonstrating that science cannot even answer the simple question of where its laws come from and how they came into being. If science can't even answer this simple question, how does it hope to answer the much more difficult question of whether God exists? Since science cannot answer the question of whether God exists or not, it cannot make belief in God unreasonable. Science is limited in scope, so there are questions it cannot answer. The origin of one's laws is one of these questions, as is the existence of God.II1. If science proves that believing in the existence of God is unreasonable, then it can explain the origin of the fundamental laws of the universe.2. Science does not explain the origin of the fundamental laws of the universe.3. Thus, science does not prove that believing in the existence of God is unreasonable. If science cannot explain the origin of the laws that are the foundation of all hypotheses and theorems, this gives rise to the truth that there are things that are outside the scope of natural science. . If there are things outside the scope of natural science, then science cannot claim to make belief in God unreasonable since God could be one of the things outside the scope of science. III First we must define what we mean by laws of science. These include the laws of physics, the laws of mathematics, the laws of chemistry, and the laws of biology. Things like sociology, psychology, and philosophy are all outside the scope of natural laws. Scope can be defined as the area of influence over which the laws of nature can be used. For example, the law of gravity can be used to determine... the center of the card... so it cannot prove that belief in God is unreasonable. By not being able to answer the question of the origin of his laws, he demonstrated that there are things outside his scope. Since God could be something outside the scope of science, then belief in God cannot be seen as unreasonable. Works Cited1. Sikkema, Arnold E. 2007. “Laws of Nature and God's Word for Creation.” Fideles 27-43.2. Gilson, Tom. 2011. "Did God Create the Laws of Physics? From the Secular Daily News." Thinking Christian. May 4th. http://www.thinkingchristian.net/posts/2011/05/did-god-create-the-laws-of-physics-secular-news-daily/.3. Stenger, Victor J. 1997. “Intelligent Design: Humans, Cockroaches, and the Laws of Physics.” The archive of the origins of speech. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/cosmo.html.4. Sikkema, Arnold E. 2011. “The Big Picture.” Book reviews 132-133.
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