(June 22, 2010 at 9:36 am)rjh4 Wrote:(June 21, 2010 at 7:26 pm)theVOID Wrote: If you can't prove there is a God i'm not going to believe in it, it is as simple as that.
Hi, Void. It has been a while since we last chatted.
That it has

Quote:I was wondering if you meant this statement at face value or whether you were exaggerating a bit (or maybe chose the wrong words).
I meant "prove" colloquially, as in "build a case beyond reasonable doubt". That should have been blatantly obvious as we weren't discussing math.
Quote:It seems to me that a lot of your atheist friends here don't think that science can "prove" anything.
I would disagree, much of science (namely physics) is mathematical, therefore proof is obtainable. Certain elements in genetics would also be provable. The rest however seeks to support a hypothesis, that is the 'theoretical' element of science. Either way this is beside the point.
Quote: If you agree that science cannot prove anything and I am quite sure from previous conversations that you think science is the best methodology to use for finding out what the truth is, I wonder how anyone could possibly "prove there is a God" to your satisfaction. So I guess my questions boil down to this: What do you mean by "prove" in your statement above?
Prove (Colloquial) : To provide evidence supporting a hypothesis beyond reasonable doubt.
As it stands the evidence directly supporting the god hypothesis is nil - making the hypothesis of god "unproven".
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