I believe that stringslinger may be ignoring the primacy of language, its evolution and acculturation. To read "science" back into the language in order to dispel the notions of "spirit" ('pneuvma' in the Greek, 'nephesh' in Hebrew/ Aramaic) and "soul" ('psyche' in the Greek and again 'nephesh' in the Hebrew) is a wrong headed thing to do. It corrupts our language and destroys meaning.

Scientific thought and method is a wonderful tool for understanding the physical world we live in but it is NOT the know all, end all of ALL things. Science cannot adequately explain things like beauty, love, nobility, righteousness or spirit. And it seems like the very things that make life worth living are what science is least capable of dealing.

If God be the Author of Mankind, it is certainly he who has given us the ability to reason and the ability to comprehend things beyond reason. The human brain and its logic allow us to survive and prosper in this 3 (4) dimensional world. Our hearts allow us to look beyond the creation to the Creator. To assume no Creator takes the same amount of faith to account for the being of anything. Existence is, itself a miracle.