<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Autoplectic wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="midd87589d6050611203443a033ad@mail.gmail.com"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Yoshie Furuhashi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:furuhashi.1@osu.edu"><furuhashi.1@osu.edu></a> writes: The virtue of science is that it has made it unnecessary for us to have any hypothesis concerning God or gods or goddesses. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""></pre> <pre wrap=""> ------------------- Well the historical/theological origins of science[s] are a separate issue from whether God actually does *any* explanatory work in modern science as it has been practiced. </pre> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midd87589d6050611203443a033ad@mail.gmail.com"> <pre wrap="">So, Yoshie is correct. Historicizing scientific explanation does nothing to ameliorate the claim. Do you think Yoshie's claim, re contemporary scientific practice/theory is false? Ian </pre> </blockquote> I think it is wrong and dangerous to think that science makes no metaphysical/religious claims. Joanna </body> </html>