#285 Can Science Eliminate God? - Jimmy Akin
Daily Defense Podcast
DAY 285 CHALLENGE “Science has progressively explained more and more of the world, leaving less room for God. Why can’t science one day explain everything, eliminating the need for (and possibility of) God?” DEFENSE This objection makes several mistakes. First, it commits the fallacy of “God of the gaps” thinking by supposing that scientific explanations somehow take something away from God. They don’t. God is the ultimate explanation for the world, including those things that science is capable of investigating (see Day 246). Second, it assumes that science will continue to explain ...
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