(February 19, 2013 at 1:01 pm)BeeDeePee Wrote: Not just that such evidence doesnt' exist, but it is impossible to exist. Claim that states something like "God exists" is not scientifically tested, becaue you can not use hypothetico-deductive method upon that claim.
If God exists, why would it be impossible for evidence of God to exist? Well, I'm pretty sure the answer is that most people who make God claims nowadays have retreated to an undectable God who doesn't do anything detectable, but that's clearly because all the definitions of God that would allow him to be detected have already been falsified, so only an unfalsifiable God is left, and an unfalsifiable God is an unprovable God.
A God who made the universe and world and every living thing in six days: evidence says otherwise. A God who submerged the entire earth up to the mountaintops with water: evidence says otherwise. A God who is the eneffable ground of being: maybe, but who cares how many angels can dance on the head of THAT pin? The subcategory of creator Gods who might exist but there's no way of knowing is venerable and some of them contradict each other so they can't all be real but they can all be imaginary.
It's reasonable to want more than hearsay and speculation to believe something that important-and if it's true, it's VERY important-is true. It's not like you're asking us to believe you tied your shoelaces yourself this morning: THAT, I would take your word for.
