(January 8, 2015 at 1:27 pm)alpha male Wrote: Maybe I can summarize my position like this."In guiding us in the creation of such an order of sense experiences, success in the result is alone the determining factor. All that is necessary is the statement of a set of rules, since without such rules the acquisition of knowledge in the desired sense would be impossible. One may compare these rules with the rules of a game in which, while the rules themselves are arbitrary, it is their rigidity alone which makes the game possible.”
I'd say OP boils down to, Given that scientific evidence is the only valid evidence, make a valid claim about god.
But, many people would reject your presumed given.
I'll go with Einstein.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza