GDR writes:
All I'm saying is that secular science is also open to the possibility of another universe or dimensions all around us, as well as the possibility of other time dimensions.
And the relevance/importance of these possibilities is the potential of someday understanding them well enough that we can reliably identify some physical manifestation of their interaction with natural phenomena that we actually observe (and couldn't properly explain by other means).
That is, the value of considering things beyond our current perception lies in reaching for the ability to incorporate them someday in an expanded and more accurate account of observable reality.
Obviously if someone had their theology 100% accurate and their science 100% accurate the two would be totally congruent.
If someone had their science 100% accurate, they would have no need for theology -- indeed, the notion of "theology" would be nonexistent. As it is, with our science being imperfect and incomplete, theology is simply a side-show of undefinable terms and unverifiable claims.
autotelic adj. (of an entity or event) having within itself the purpose of its existence or happening.
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