This is an important distinction that should be more-widely propagated. I once got into a debate with a very conservative Episcopal priest who was then one of

This is an important distinction that should be more-widely propagated. I once got into a debate with a very conservative Episcopal priest who was then one of the clergy at my parish. He criticized "scientism" on grounds that the touchstone of science is experimentation (he said), and it's blasphemous to claim you can experiment with God. I responded that the touchstone of science is observation, and that there's no a priori reason we can't "observe" God at least indirectly (cf. Romans 1.20).