If God reveals why and how, then we can know.

Otherwise, we’re just guessing.

<quote from Real Faith & Reason, vol 2>

It might help to return to the scientific method of Francis Bacon:

1. observation
2. induction
3. hypothesis
4. test hypothesis by experiment
5. proof/disproof
6. knowledge

We can apply this method to gravity.

1. Observe objects all fall at the same rate.
2. Use inductive reasoning to say this observation might apply universally.
3. Develop a hypothesis. All objects will fall at the same rate if we can eliminate other factors like air resistance.
4. Develop experiments to prove that all objects (at least the ones tested) fall at the same rate.
5. Prove that all objects (at least the ones tested) fall at the same rate.
6. Know that all objects (at least the ones tested) fall at the same rate. That has become a scientific fact.

We can notice this scientific method works for knowing what gravity does. However, the competing theories of gravity all try to guess why gravity works. What are we comparing? Where’s the difference? We know our observation of what gravity does isn’t the same as trying to guess why gravity does what it does. The first is observing. The second is guessing. Therefore, unless we can test and prove or disprove those theories, we don’t have a way that we can apply Francis Bacon’s scientific method to them.

There’s a huge difference between these two statements:

 Fact: All objects fall to the ground at the same rate.

 Theory: Gravity isn’t a force but rather a consequence of the curvature of spacetime caused by the uneven distribution of mass/energy.

The first is a scientific fact, but the second statement is the most popular theory. We don’t have a way, at present, to repeatedly test the theory to see whether the theory is true even in a tentative scientific way. By the way, Einstein received this theory in a moment of inspiration, so it may be a revelation from God.

The point we’re seeing is that there’s a difference between facts and theories. Let’s take a moment to apply this difference to what’s called “The Big Bang Theory,” the theoretical age of the earth, the study of abiogenesis, and what’s called “The Theory of Evolution.” What have scientists observed? Mostly rocks, deposits, fossils, and living organisms. We can repeatedly test rocks, deposits, fossils, and living organisms with experiments and observe the results. We can’t test the stories that go beyond what we can test or observe. We shouldn’t have to state this obvious fact. Yet, some people don’t get it.

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