Continuing the Analysis of Methodological Naturalism
We’re evaluating the following statement from an atheist website:
“Methodological naturalism is the label for the required assumption of philosophical naturalism when working with the scientific method. Methodological naturalists limit their scientific research to the study of natural causes because any attempts to define causal relationships with the supernatural are never fruitful and result in the creation of scientific “dead ends” and God of the gaps-type hypotheses.” ~ rationalwiki.org
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Notice the way the author embedded the lie into the rationalwiki.org statement:
“. . . because any attempts to define causal relationships with the supernatural are never fruitful and result in the creation of scientific dead ends and God of the gaps-type hypotheses.”
This part of the rationalwiki.org quote implies a universal negative. It implies no causes can be supernatural. The author also implies a universal positive. The statement implies all causes are natural.
Whenever we hear this sort of universal negative, it’s good to clarify the claim first. Once we know what the claim is, we can ask, “What makes you think so?” You’ll have to exercise patience and persistence to get an ungodly thinker to answer that question. No ungodly thinker ever has anything real to back up a universal claim. Only God can make a universal claim, either positive or negative. Universal claims imply omniscience. God is omniscient. He’s all-knowing. He can claim there’s not a just person on the face of the earth who does good without sinning. He can claim all knowledge is hidden in Christ. He can claim Christ is the only one Who can set us free from sin and spiritual death. However, when ungodly thinkers make universal claims, they can’t rationally explain how they know what they claim is true. When you ask them how they know, you’re challenging a stronghold in their minds. That means you have to be patient while they duck and weave to avoid answering the question.
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