RE: The Problem with Christians
April 9, 2016 at 2:12 am
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2016 at 2:15 am by robvalue.)
Did I get this right...
If a claim is borderline impossible to test, because it's "so complicated" (like God) we have to lower the standard to almost nothing?
That's odd. I can make up any complete shit then, and prove it by saying I have personal experience of it. What the hell does this achieve? Science is meant to be about learning things about reality, not making them up.
Let's face it, most God claims are impossible to test. They have to be, or else they fail immediately. They can't be allowed to enter the realm of reality. That's not the sceptic's problem. It just shows the person making the claim has no (credible) way of knowing their claim is true, and we can dismiss it via Hitchin's Razor.
If a claim is borderline impossible to test, because it's "so complicated" (like God) we have to lower the standard to almost nothing?
That's odd. I can make up any complete shit then, and prove it by saying I have personal experience of it. What the hell does this achieve? Science is meant to be about learning things about reality, not making them up.
Let's face it, most God claims are impossible to test. They have to be, or else they fail immediately. They can't be allowed to enter the realm of reality. That's not the sceptic's problem. It just shows the person making the claim has no (credible) way of knowing their claim is true, and we can dismiss it via Hitchin's Razor.
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