Creation/evolution3

[watchamadoodle]

... while belief in God literally follows the definations provided by the term "empirical evidence," and on a personal level one can apply the 'scientific method' to what God provides you.

Not even close. If you cannot show me, then it is not empirical. If it cannot be examined then it is not empirical. Let us have lunch sometime with a war veteran that is missing a limb and have your god regrow it on the spot. Now we have some empirical evidence that can be examined. It does not yet prove that god exits, but it does make the hypothesis plausible and worth investigating.

IMO, Drich's beliefs are empirical, because they are based on his own experiences and not based solely on logic. The problem with Drich's claims is that many ex-Christians and current Christians have failed to replicate his results using his A/S/K method. Drich says they gave up too soon or knocked on the wrong doors, but I say Drich should consider other explanations for his experiences. (Of course if he's happy believing what he believes then that's great. Good for him. )

Here is the dictionary definition of empirical:

Empirical evidence (also empirical data, sense experience, empirical knowledge, or the a posteriori) is a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation or experimentation.[1] The term comes from the Greek word for experience, ἐμπειρία (empeiría).

Empirical evidence is information that justifies a belief in the truth or falsity of a claim. In the empiricist view, one can claim to have knowledge only when one has a true belief based on empirical evidence. This stands in contrast to the rationalist view under which reason or reflection alone is considered to be evidence for the truth or falsity of some propositions. The senses are the primary source of empirical evidence. Although other sources of evidence, such as memory and the testimony of others, ultimately trace back to some sensory experience, they are considered to be secondary, or indirect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence