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July 29, 2010 at 3:35 pm (This post was last modified: July 29, 2010 at 3:36 pm by fr0d0.)
It does. It claims that wishes are granted according to prayer, which, if indeed true, should have an observable effect in the world. Prayer has been shown not to do so, in a double blind trial. Theism, or versions of it, also claims that the laws of nature are occasionally suspended, when people visit special holy places, or when they ask for it. No amputee has ever grown back a limb, and never has there been a confirmed miracle with no naturalistic explanation. Admittedly, science has nothing to say about the non-existence of a deist, non-interventionist god, but a theist god has been proven to be either non-existent, arbitrary in his actions, or very ineffectual.
No it doesn't. It already laid down the reasoning why none of your examples would hold true.