(March 3, 2010 at 11:27 am)tavarish Wrote: Those making the claim that we will never find a scientific answer need to provide evidence for the claim, and how they contend that the evidence is true.We have done such...you've just ignored it.
My evidence is this:
1) Science is a method for collecting knowledge about the observable, testable world.
2) Anything that is not observable or testable is therefore not knowable through science.
3) God is neither observable or testable (due to his transcendence / residence outside the empirical realm).
4) Therefore God is not knowable through science.
You might argue that point 3 is invalid, since these attributes have never been observed for such a being, but this is of no importance, given that logically, such a being could exist, and there will be people who claim so. Thus, you might be able to change your definition of God to suit a material one (and as such knowable through science) but you won't be able to know the God defined in my argument.
I should point out that the argument "science may one day prove / disprove God" is the same sort of argument as "one day we might find a 5 sided square". It is a logical contradiction. You can no more find a 5 sided square than you can prove / disprove God through science. God's inability to be proven / disproven through science is an inherent property of God, just as "having 4 sides" is an inherent property of squares.