Page 79 - The Origin of Life and the Universe - International Conference 2016

The Origin of Life and the Universe

Now. Third point is that the laws of earth, when you look at the re-
quirements for science. There are philosophical assumptions you have to
make. And you have to ask the question, “What worldview anchors all of
those assumptions?” And I'm just going to go through them rapidly, but
the bottom line is going to be this: I have looked at the Christian faith, I
know that it anchors all of these presuppositions that you have to do for
doing science. And so any-
body who wants to say, “Oh,
science supports my world-
view” has to ask the question:
“Does your worldview anchor
all the necessary presupposi-
tions for science?”
The laws of physics must
be uniform throughout the
physical universe. The phys-
ical universe is a distinct ob-
jective reality. Not something
that's just an illusion. The
laws of nature exhibit order
patterns and regularity. I think
of Greek mythology where
Zeus gets upset and throws
up lightning bolts, that's not
real conducive to science de-
veloping. The physical uni-
verse must be intelligible. The
world is an object of rational
study because it's not divine and therefore not an object to worship. The
world is good and valuable and worthy of study. I remember reading
about Siddhartha Gautama and how genuine enlightenment came from
being detached from the world. Well, if you want to be detached from the
world, why would you want to study it to figure out how it works?

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