"For instance, intelligent atheists would recognize that evidence (defined narrowly) is not wholly relevant. Peter Higgs predicted the Higgs Boson mathematically before we had a shred of physical evidence. "
And thereby created a scientific hypotheis that later developed into a theory that may become a widely accepted theory as the results from the LHC come in.
God appears to be stuck at the hypothesis stage.
"Do you expect to find physical evidence of a non-physical entity? "
If that non-physical entity is credited with creating all that is physical then yes - we would expect to find evidence of that.
Also - although not really relevant to this thread but your signature:
"Which makes Richard Dawkins the intellectual equivalent of an amputee, furiously waving his stumps in the air, boasting that he has no hands.""
Or it shows evolution in progress. The old hard wiring in the brain is changing as it is evolutionarily advantageous that we stop allocating things we don't understand to magic and start trying to investigate and understand them through scientific method.
Its also not usually a good idea for a theist who believes in a miracle working God to bring up amputee's.
And thereby created a scientific hypotheis that later developed into a theory that may become a widely accepted theory as the results from the LHC come in.
God appears to be stuck at the hypothesis stage.
"Do you expect to find physical evidence of a non-physical entity? "
If that non-physical entity is credited with creating all that is physical then yes - we would expect to find evidence of that.
Also - although not really relevant to this thread but your signature:
"Which makes Richard Dawkins the intellectual equivalent of an amputee, furiously waving his stumps in the air, boasting that he has no hands.""
Or it shows evolution in progress. The old hard wiring in the brain is changing as it is evolutionarily advantageous that we stop allocating things we don't understand to magic and start trying to investigate and understand them through scientific method.
Its also not usually a good idea for a theist who believes in a miracle working God to bring up amputee's.
