So Stringsinger et al, assert that "science" is the ultimate arbiter of all things. And why not science? I works. It provides all the miracles of modern life; medicine, entertainment, insights into the nature of atoms and the universe. And how does science proceed? Incrementally, phenomenon, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, synthesis. Science uses inductive thought, a preponderance of evidence rather that the deductive method of conclusions drawn from premises. Why not?

Except science has a lousy track record in some fields that do not lend themselves to empirical investigation and those fields are often the things most dear to people; matters of love, religion, politics, things of heart and soul. Science cannot know about these things. Sure, it can analyze the human brain and tell you which areas look blue or green when you are thinking of dear old Mom. It can theorize as to why but it misses the essence of human existence. What science cannot perceive does not exist!? Is that right? Have you ever met a scientist who claims to know everything? That would be unscientific, wouldn't it? If anything, science is a quest for knowledge using a particular method of thought processes.

Theories are conjectures of the human mind. Proven theory we call fact but many theories are in various states of limbo (irony intended)and the history of science has a pretty substantial trash heap of discarded theories. The point is that every age of man claims to have ultimate or at least, penultimate grasp of the TRUTH.

Science and religion (not corporate, organized ritual) part company in the realm of transcendence, that area where the human minds perceives of something beyond this physical plane. I'm not talking about imagination, from which, incidentally, science immensely benefits. In fact science could not advance at all, if not FOR imagination. I am talking about the perception that something is missing in a person's spiritual life. I assert that there is an "emptiness of being" which most honest folks have had to come to terms with in one way or another. What you fill that emptiness with is your business. Somethings work fine for some folks. Jesus works fine for me. He fills my every longing, give encouragement and meaning to my life and much more. As stated in a post above, some folks try to fill that need with wealth, fame, money, friends, folk music, alcohol, suicide, thrills, sex, you name it. We are all trying to fill that need. Some even use science to fill the need. Hey, if it works for you, I won't question it but don't use your human endeavors of "science" (from the Greek for "knowledge") to attempt to deny the reality of what I know to be true. Scientific knowledge is NOT the only type of knowledge accessible to humans.

In addition to the miracles mentioned above which bless our lives remember that science has provided us with genetic engineering, bigger and better machine guns, atom bombs, pollution, nerve gas, etc., etc. If I were God-shopping I don't believe "Science" would be my first choice nor would I turn to it as the ultimate arbiter of my spiritual well being.