For a scientist? Why not "in a scientist"?

"For" is good here, "in" is no good.

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For me, the right choice of word is most important.

"Cuts" here means "hurts" although the injury is more emotional than physical.

"Her rejection of my affection cut me deeply."

How Can a Rational Person Believe in Miracles?

Finally, consider an objection to belief that cuts particularly sharply for a scientist. How can miracles be reconciled to a scientific worldview?

Yes, again, your example is very easy to understand. But in the context of the opening post, it seems different:

Finally, consider an objection to belief that cuts particularly sharply for a scientist. How can miracles be reconciled to a scientific worldview?

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

-- G. Marx.

I read this that the "objection to belief" is the question that follows "How can miracles be reconciled to a scientific worldview".

The dilemma is that if there are miracles that can't be explained by science, doesn't that mess things up. (I assume the writer clarifies this point in the paragraph that follows).

I am a scientist. When I saw my daughter born, I certainly considered it a miracle far beyond science.

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Yes, again, your example is very easy to understand. But in the context of the opening post, it seems different:

Finally, consider an objection to belief that cuts particularly sharply for a scientist. How can miracles be reconciled to a scientific worldview?

I am limiting my comments to the language, and the use of language.

"Cuts" and "sharply" go together. It is not an everyday phrase, used metaphorically like that, although the meaning is clear.
The meaning of the argument, i.e. how does a modern scientist who happens to be a christian, reconcile traditional christian orthodoxy with modern scientific belief, I leave to others.
Answer, with extreme difficulty. It "cuts sharply".

Well, failed to understand Setanta's quote.
What does "outside of a dog" mean? Take it alongside "inside of a dog" you get an impression that "a dog"/a man's heart is too dark?

I've read your reply (for) several times and am still confused.
Sorry no clue to the question.

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Well, failed to understand Setanta's quote.
What does "outside of a dog" mean? Take it alongside "inside of a dog" you get an impression that "a dog"/a man's heart is too dark?

It's simpler than that. Groucho Marx was a comedian and satirist.

"Outside of a dog" has two meanings (a so-called double entendre) and here those are
1) with the exception of a dog
2) the literal meaning, outside the dog's body.

So the end of the joke (the "punch line") asks you to imagine reading a book inside the dog, where it's too dark.

Barry Crier said that explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog... no-one laughs, and the frog dies.

How can miracles be reconciled to a scientific worldview?