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I see. A secular scientist will observe things directed by God but he will be none the wiser that God was causing/driving it. Instead he comes up with an explanation which by definition must exclude God.

I thought a scientific explanation must require a naturalistic process which by definition excludes God from any theory.

There is actually ! Science requires naturalistic explanations. Anything invoking God as an explanation is not scientific from the definition of science. Instead the process is called theistic evolution. So is it possible God used theistic evolution to create life on earth ? Of course it is possible ! Did He do it that way ? VERY unlikely owing to the following significant problems it creates: https://creation.com/10-dangers-of-theistic-evolution