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it might seem to you that people are just not looking at the evidence in a rational way. but as you dig deeper into the philosophical questions behind what is going on you will find that not everyone in this world believes that science exhausts all that we can know in the world.
I'd say I'm no illusion that science explains everything, for a dirt simple example I'm well aware of the deficiencies in physics concerning general relativity and QM. In short, yes there is a difference between the philosophical and empirical implications of scientific study. Cerpin Text summed up the point nicely.
Science is not philosophically naturalistic. It is metholodlogically naturalistic.
with that said, why is it automatically assumed ,for some, that to accept the results of scientific study is to also accept a naturalistic or anti-god worldview?
Thinking about it, I could see why this would cause insecurity. What used to be explained by God, something you held to be unknowable and a tantamount to the majesty of god's wonder, is now explained away by a bunch of nerds in lab coats. That is -- even if the facts are smack dab in front of your face... it boils down to a choice between a heavenly explanation and man's explanation. If you've grown up believing a literal interpretation of the bible, that the world is run by the devil and he's out to get you... then sure, even though the facts speak for themselves, scientists are out to get your God.
Iono, my problem with that is you can see science working with your own two eyes so accepting the results is a no-brainer conclusion for me. Making the jump to making that your worldview is another jump that is debatable and does dabble into the realm of philosophy, there is no way to scientifically test the idea of heaven, hell or as of right now the first cause, if there is one.