What Does Science Assume?

Nature works consistently and predictably.

Our senses are trustworthy.

Why does nature work consistently and predictably?

Isaac Newton who discovered the Law of Gravity was surprised that objects seemed to interact without touching¹.

In response to a letter from Bishop Richard Bentley asking his thoughts about the ultimate cause of gravity, he wrote that he believed it to be:
Immaterial
Always acting everywhere in nature (universal)

Divine
Summarized as constant spirit action.

	[Jesus] is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. (Hebrews 1:3)
	… all things were created through [Jesus] and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:16-17)

in other words

the Laws of Nature

describe the way that

God constantly upholds the universe

¹ Concept called “action at a distance”.

How do we know our senses are trustworthy?

What we know about nature is because of our senses — what we see, hear, touch, taste and smell.

But how is it that we know that our senses are trustworthy?

Senses can’t be tested using science

(because you can’t do science without

using the senses you’re trying to test)

This would be like measuring

a ruler with the same ruler

We start with this knowledge

(so it’s not learned, but preinstalled)

This knowledge doesn’t come from us,

so it must have been given to us

Knowledge exists in minds,

so it must have come from a mind

This mind must know everything

(otherwise it could be mistaken)

& belong to someone who can’t lie

(otherwise it couldn’t be trusted)

This is how God is described (in the Bible)