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$\"Bonhoeffer$ <\/p>\n

This might be contrasted with the recent article Eric Metaxas wrote for the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, although one can be open to seeing questions at the limits of our scientific inquiry as pointers to a transcendent reality, without adopting the approach that views unanswered but potentially answerable questions\u00a0within<\/em> the realm of science as gaps to be filled with God as explanation.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"