RE: Stump the Christian?
June 11, 2015 at 2:26 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2015 at 2:39 pm by robvalue.)
I'm glad to hear you are messing with us Anima, you're a naughty theist and I have a special cupboard for that! Get in! I was worried you were to going to follow suit with Steve.
It is a bit confusing how some scientific hypotheses get called theories, that's not ideal, such as m-theory and string theory. I'm not sure how it ended up this way and I wish it hadn't!
But yeah, Big Bang is a proper theory. You can't have a proper theory unless it can be falsified, or else it is mere speculation.
I'm gonna have to write about falsifiability on my website when I'm up to it, as this is such a common issue in theistic debates. Clearly some people don't or won't understand its importance. Shoe-horning God's interaction onto a scientific theory is then an unfalsifiable and therefor merely speculative proposition. I understand the desire to do this to continue to hold religious beliefs while respecting the science.
Evolution doesn't in any way disprove "God", nor was it ever intended to do so.
It is a bit confusing how some scientific hypotheses get called theories, that's not ideal, such as m-theory and string theory. I'm not sure how it ended up this way and I wish it hadn't!
But yeah, Big Bang is a proper theory. You can't have a proper theory unless it can be falsified, or else it is mere speculation.
I'm gonna have to write about falsifiability on my website when I'm up to it, as this is such a common issue in theistic debates. Clearly some people don't or won't understand its importance. Shoe-horning God's interaction onto a scientific theory is then an unfalsifiable and therefor merely speculative proposition. I understand the desire to do this to continue to hold religious beliefs while respecting the science.
Evolution doesn't in any way disprove "God", nor was it ever intended to do so.
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