… Metaphysical in Nature

Proposition 13: The Difference Between Origin Accounts in Science and Scripture Is Metaphysical in Nature

There is little (no) distinction between natural and supernatural in the OT and its world. Everything was attributed to deity. Science and theology work in different realms. Science concerns itself with what is physical and material. Theologians address ultimate causation, a topic that science cannot get at. “Empirical science is not designed to be able to define or detect a purpose, though it may theoretically be able to deduce rationally that purpose is logically the best explanation.”

“Empirical science is not designed to be able to define or detect a purpose, though it may theoretically be able to deduce rationally that purpose is logically the best explanation.”

Quotes from: John H. Walton. “The Lost World of Genesis One.” Apple Books. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one/id870735215?mt=11


Charles Eklund 2018