理性的前提条件需要上帝
The Preconditions of Intelligibility Require God
核心论证 Core Argument
科学方法依赖于一个关键假设：自然界是有规律的、可预测的（自然界的一致性，uniformity of nature）。我们假设过去的规律将来也适用，物理定律在宇宙各处都一样。但这个假设本身无法被科学证明——它是科学的前设，不是科学的结论。在无神论世界观中，为什么一个偶然产生的宇宙应该具有可靠的规律性？为什么明天的物理定律应该和今天一样？大卫·休谟提出的"归纳问题"正是指出了这个哲学困难。 无神论者无法逃避这个问题。说"自然界一直都是有规律的，所以将来也会是"——这是循环论证，因为你正是用归纳法来证明归纳法的可靠性。说"科学假设一致性，而科学是成功的"——这也是循环的，因为"科学成功"的评判也依赖于归纳法（过去的成功预示未来的成功）。 基督教世界观为自然界的一致性提供了真正的基础：一位信实的、不变的上帝创造并维持了宇宙的秩序。"耶和华的信实存到万代"（诗篇119:90）。上帝与挪亚的约（创世记8:22）应许了自然秩序的持续性——"地还存留的时候，稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜就永不停息了。"自然规律的可靠性不是偶然的——它反映了创造者的信实本性。 这也解释了为什么现代科学诞生于基督教文明中而非其他文化：科学家们相信自然界有可发现的规律，正是因为他们相信一位理性的上帝创造了一个有序的宇宙。开普勒说他是在"思考上帝的想法"（thinking God's thoughts after Him）。
The scientific method depends on a key assumption: nature is regular and predictable (uniformity of nature). We assume past regularities continue and physical laws are universal. But this assumption cannot be scientifically proven — it is science's presupposition, not its conclusion. In an atheistic worldview, why should an accidentally-produced universe have reliable regularity? Why should tomorrow's physics match today's? David Hume's 'problem of induction' identified precisely this philosophical difficulty. Atheists cannot escape this. Saying 'nature has always been regular, so it will continue' is circular — using induction to prove induction's reliability. Saying 'science assumes uniformity and science works' is also circular — judging 'science works' also depends on induction (past success predicts future success). The Christian worldview provides a genuine foundation for nature's uniformity: a faithful, unchanging God who created and sustains cosmic order. 'The Lord's faithfulness continues through all generations' (Psalm 119:90). God's covenant with Noah (Genesis 8:22) promises nature's continuity — 'As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.' Natural law's reliability isn't accidental — it reflects the Creator's faithful nature. This also explains why modern science was born in Christian civilization rather than elsewhere: scientists believed nature had discoverable laws precisely because they believed a rational God created an orderly universe. Kepler said he was 'thinking God's thoughts after Him.'