| | Oink, at the risk of being pig-headed, let me point out that "the scientific definition" is merely a viewpoint of [[physical science]]. We take a broader view of [[Science]] here, including the [[social sciences]]. [[Anthropology]], [[psychology]], [[economics]], [[political science]], [[history]] and so on need not adhere to the [[naturalism]], [[atheism]], or even the [[agnosticism]] of modern liberal science. | | Oink, at the risk of being pig-headed, let me point out that "the scientific definition" is merely a viewpoint of [[physical science]]. We take a broader view of [[Science]] here, including the [[social sciences]]. [[Anthropology]], [[psychology]], [[economics]], [[political science]], [[history]] and so on need not adhere to the [[naturalism]], [[atheism]], or even the [[agnosticism]] of modern liberal science. |
| − | The assumption that religious or supernatural ideas cannot or should not be studied, is not inherently scientific (see [[methodological naturalism]]). | + | The assumption that religious or supernatural ideas cannot or should not be studied, is not inherently scientific (see [[methodological naturalism]]). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 21:36, 16 January 2010 (EST) |