Jason Lisle: Creationism exists, but atheism doesn't

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Orange:

No problem then, misunderstanding.

Generally, yes. If you can't test something, you can't learn anything about it. It may be you can measure it directly, or else you can assess it in some way that is fairly objective. Can you give me an example of something apart from religion that is untestable/unfalsifiable that you can learn about?

It's a false dichotomy to say either you can measure something exactly or you can know nothing about it. People always go to emotions and stuff. We still have a lot of evidence regarding people's emotions, including being able to scan people's brains. Just because it isn't totally reliable, doesn't mean we can't learn about it. However with religion there is nothing to test, no falsifiable hypothesis.

No, we can't learn about everything because we don't even know what it is that we don't know. But that doesn't mean that we should make up stuff to fill any gaps that may or may not be there.