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To me, this is equivalent to saying there are no scientific questions.

I don't understand what you mean. Validating the universal law of gravity is a scientific question, right?

In my view, yes. If there's an all powerful force with a mind then everything is a theological question, though. "Does God choose to present my senses with evidence that leads me to believe gravity works the same way as I remember it working yesterday?"

EDIT: most Christians I've heard talk about this say that God put natural laws into place but of course that is itself a theological point.

If you mean "you need to have a materialist metaphysical frame for science to work" then I agree. Theists often adopt that frame while pursuing scientific inquiry just like a physicist might presume point masses for the purposes of some reasoning. But they still ask and answer scientific questions.

In other words, it's extremely rewarding and useful to know how things work assuming no miracles. Just because you believe in miracles doesn't mean all the science is pointless.

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