Editing Theistic science (section)

{{Intelligent Design}}
'''Theistic science''', also referred to as '''theistic realism''',<ref name=Dembski>{{cite book | last = Dembski | first = William | author-link = William A. Dembski | title = Mere Creation | publisher = InterVarsity Press | location = Downers Grove | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8308-1515-5 |page=315}}</ref> is the [[pseudoscientific]] proposal that the central [[scientific method]] of requiring [[testability]], known as [[methodological naturalism]], should be replaced by a [[philosophy of science]] that allows occasional [[supernatural]] explanations which are inherently untestable.<ref name="NCSE Psci 2003">{{cite web |first=Eugenie C. |last=Scott |author-link=Eugenie Scott | title=My Favorite Pseudoscience | website=NCSE | url=https://ncse.com/library-resource/my-favorite-pseudoscience |year=2003 | access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=Stenmark187/> Proponents propose supernatural explanations for topics raised by their theology, in particular evolution.<ref name="S&RM">[[Eugenie Scott|Scott, Eugenie C.]] "The 'science and religion movement': an opportunity for improved public understanding of science?", in {{cite book | last = Kurtz | first = Paul | title = Science and Religion | publisher = Prometheus Books | location = Buffalo | year = 2003 | isbn = 1-59102-064-6 | page = [https://archive.org/details/sciencereligiona00kurt/page/104 104] | url = https://archive.org/details/sciencereligiona00kurt/page/104 }}</ref>

Supporters of theistic realism or theistic science include [[intelligent design]] creationism proponents [[J. P. Moreland]], [[Stephen C. Meyer]]<ref name=VanTil>{{cite journal | title = Special Creationism in Designer Clothing: A Response to The Creation Hypothesis | journal = [[Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith]] | date = June 1995 | first = Howard | last = Van Till |author-link=Howard J. Van Till | volume = 47 | issue = 123 | url = http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1995/PSCF6-95VanTill.html | access-date = 2011-01-21}}</ref><ref name="ncse 18">{{Cite web  | last = Scott | first = Eugenie C. | title = Reports of the National Center for Science Education 18 (2) | url = http://ncse.com/book/export/html/2410 | publisher = [[National Center for Science Education]] | year = 1998 | access-date = 11 March 2012 }}</ref> and [[Phillip E. Johnson]].<ref name=Dembski/>

Instead of the [[relationship between religion and science]] being a dialogue, theistic science seeks to allow exceptions to the basic methods of science, and present miraculous interventions as a scientific explanation when a natural explanation has not been found. As [[Alvin Plantinga]] acknowledges, this is a "science stopper",<ref name="NCSE">{{cite web  | last = Scott | first = Eugenie C. | title="Science and Religion", "Christian Scholarship", and "Theistic Science" | website=NCSE |year=1998 | url=https://ncse.com/library-resource/science-religion-christian-scholarship-theistic-science | access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> and these concepts lack any mainstream credence.<ref name="S&RM" />