ues , ▁never ▁as ▁do ctr ines , ▁practices , ▁or ▁actual ▁sources ▁of ▁knowledge . ▁ ▁In ▁general ▁the ▁scientific ▁method ▁g ains ▁knowledge ▁by ▁testing ▁hypoth eses ▁to ▁develop ▁theories ▁through ▁el uc id ation ▁of ▁facts ▁or ▁evaluation ▁by ▁experiments ▁and ▁thus ▁only ▁answers ▁cosm ological ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁universe ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁observed ▁and ▁measured . ▁It ▁develop s ▁theories ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁which ▁best ▁fit ▁phys ically ▁observed ▁evidence . ▁All ▁scientific ▁knowledge ▁is ▁subject ▁to ▁later ▁ref in ement , ▁or ▁even ▁re jection , ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁additional ▁evidence . ▁Scient ific ▁theories ▁that ▁have ▁an ▁over wh el ming ▁pre ponder ance ▁of ▁favor able ▁evidence ▁are ▁often ▁treated ▁as ▁de ▁fact o ▁ver ities ▁in ▁general ▁parl ance , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁theories ▁of ▁general ▁relativ ity ▁and ▁natural ▁selection ▁to ▁explain ▁respectively ▁the ▁mechan isms ▁of ▁gravity ▁and ▁evolution . ▁ ▁Religion ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁method ▁per ▁se ▁partly ▁because ▁relig ions ▁emer ge ▁through ▁time ▁from ▁diverse ▁cult ures ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁find ▁meaning ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁and ▁to ▁explain ▁human ity ' s ▁place ▁in ▁it ▁and ▁relationship ▁to ▁it ▁and ▁to ▁any ▁pos ited ▁entities . ▁In ▁terms ▁of ▁Christian ▁the ology ▁and ▁ult imate ▁truth s , ▁people ▁rely ▁on ▁reason , ▁experience , ▁script ure , ▁and ▁tradition ▁to ▁test ▁and ▁gauge ▁what ▁they ▁experience ▁and ▁what ▁they ▁should ▁believe . ▁Furthermore , ▁religious ▁models , ▁understanding , ▁and ▁met aph ors