[Debate] Is God real? [Religion] (445)

15 Name: 43 : 2007-07-07 12:08 ID:D8aYNbbU

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>...and use science to back it up if you have to...

When you say science you mean the scientific procedure which I hardly find useful in this situation given that I'd have no controls for an experiment even if I had the right hypothesis.

>God is not real because there is no scientific proof that he ever existed and did what he did (create people, make the world, etc.)

Technically in science you can never prove anything. If you start by trying to prove something then it is not good science what you're practising there. The scientific method:

-Observation
-Hypothesis
-Experiment
-Conclusion

Is about testing a hypothesis and not trying to prove your ideas.

What I can use instead is logic by which based on syllogisms I can show how the Christian concept of god is fallible and thus, most likely, human invention (I'm not going to write it now, ask if you want me to) keep in mind that there might be another god completely alien to any human concept.

Finally, although not entirely relevant to the topic, keep in mind that religious beliefs and science are not opposite poles. It's like comparing apples to dogs, they are different things.

>Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

TRUE, I'm certain I'll use it.

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