I recently heard a YEC(?) use the term "provincial science", apparently to dismiss out-of-hand any evidence or methodology that conflict with his/her Genesis origins interpretation.
Question: Has anyone here ever heard the term "Provincial Science"? And, if so, could you please explain what it means?
Here's a dictionary definition:
It seems that "Adj. 2a" might be applicable to "Biblical Scientific Creation" as I've understood it over the years, but I have no clue how that definition could be turned around and applied to the whole body of knowledge pejoratively referred to as the "historical" sciences, such as astronomy and geology where Deep Time smacks one in the ol' kisser.
K54
Question: Has anyone here ever heard the term "Provincial Science"? And, if so, could you please explain what it means?
Here's a dictionary definition:
Originally posted by Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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