(June 13, 2010 at 3:59 am)tavarish Wrote: 1. Testable evidence is not a bone-headed parameter, it's a way to distinguish fact from fantasy.
It's bone-headed because you're looking for the wrong evidence. I wouldn't take deep sea samples if I was looking for evidence of a school-yard brawl. Being testable alone does not make it relevant.
Quote:2. What does Jesus have to do with anything?
Jesus is supposidely the closest thing to God that humanity has seen. His circumstances, according to aforementioned bone-headed parameters, would've indicated a lack of God - when they actually do the opposite according to most.
Quote:Yes, he definitely should be looking for things that can be explained simply by differences in psychological profiles, personality, and influential circumstances.
How do psychological profiles, personality, and influential circumstances affect belief in God? I guess I'm talking about how a human can go to its death so differently from a wild animal.
Quote:Seriously, WTF. If a reasonable test of God's existence is the believer's ability to react positively in a bad situation, would a negative reaction mean God doesn't exist?
Please use your brain.
Perhaps, perhaps.
If you determine through testing that belief in God results in positive reactions through hardship and other belief systems fail, then we'll at least know that belief in the "true God" is useful/beneficial for the human race.