The Wind in His Fists

It is no wonder that the scientific community eschews Intelligent Design.  Nor is it any wonder that they find no “evidence” for God through “science”.   The current scientific paradigm is founded upon the presupposition of naturalism/materialism.    Naturalistic explanations are always seen as preferable to supernatural, no matter how far-fetched the natural explanations are.  In fact, the supernatural can never be invoked, it is ruled out by definition. 

This has a couple of consequences.  First, a person devoted to the current paradigm will never see evidence of God.  Secondly, the seeker of God should not expect to find evidence using the current scientific paradigm.  This is not to say there can be no evidence, only that the current scientific system rules it out by definition.

The Bible claims that there is “evidence”, but certainly does not endorse the “scientific” worldview.

 What does this mean?  The scientist looks at some event or object and is restricted by his paradigm to seek a naturalistic explanation.  he may claim that he would believe in a supernatural one if it were impossible to find a natural one, but this is simply not true.   He would never believe this, because the current paradigm of science seeks only naturalistic explanations, and any failure to find one only results in a patient wait for a future success.  Thus, there can never be any evidence for God.  Likewise, if some event in his life seems to indicate the touch of a personal being on his life, he will of course suppose it to be mere coincidence or a psychological phenomenon.  he must do this, if he is committed to the paradigm. 

The “natural” is really just code for “not-supernatural”, or rather, not caused by a divine person.