Nose Fly thinks everything just happened this way by years of methodical changes and evolution. Fly thinks everything came from nothing.
The scientific method however rather requires that an ability to falsify is an important factor, but I can't honestly detect anything like that amongst your otherwise apparently empty assertions and presuppositions. :think:Thanks! And,sorry your prediction once again has failed.:banana:
We start by testng His Word.
*Is there evidence of divine inspiration? Yes.
*Is there internal and external consistency? Yes
*Is there supporting external evidence? Yes.
We could discuss that too if you wish. But your 'challenge' was .."how do you propose we investigate and test God?" Science is just one of several avenues of testing / confirming we live in a created universe.
Thanks! And,sorry your prediction once again has failed.
We start by testng His Word.
*Is there evidence of divine inspiration? Yes.
*Is there internal and external consistency? Yes
*Is there supporting external evidence? Yes.
We could discuss that too if you wish. But your 'challenge' was .."how do you propose we investigate and test God?" Science is just one of several avenues of testing / confirming we live in a created universe.
The technician wasn't cleaning his equipment like he was supposed to have done.What's the scoop Lon ?
Michael,
You may be missing the point. When I say "test God", I'm talking about testing in the scientific sense, not in the sort of "tempting" way you seem to be thinking of.
Let's say we discover something and we wonder "How did that come to be". In science, we conduct an investigation that consists of a series of tests/experiments, data collection, and analyses to come up with an answer. And whatever answer we end up with must be testable.
The creationists here have been insisting that "God created that" be an allowable answer within science. That leads to an obvious issue....if all answers in science must be testable, how do we test the answer "God created that"? There are two possible ways to go from there (6days' silly circular "by conducting tests" aside). We either 1) come up with a way to scientifically test God, or 2) change science so that untestable answers become acceptable.
And that's where these discussions always stop. Creationists never offer a means by which God can be scientifically tested, which makes sense because God can do absolutely anything by definition, including creating something one way but supernaturally making it appear as if it came about by completely different means. And I've yet to encounter anyone who advocates for changing science to allow untestable answers, which again makes sense because then science becomes an "anything goes" enterprise, which would render it useless.
Does that help?
Yes... I'm saying that.JoseFly said:Are you saying that God couldn't author a book that didn't appear to be divinely inspired, (and) was inconsistent?
Yes... I'm saying that.
I think it is appalling for you to want to test God scientifically. It is very disrespectful, regardless of your intentions.
Jose, and now you, are moving the goalposts. His challenge was "how do you propose we investigate and test God?" His question was answered.alwight said:The scientific method however rather requires that an ability to falsify is an important factor, but I can't honestly detect anything like that...
Jose, and now you, are moving the goalposts. His challenge was "how do you propose we investigate and test God?" His question was answered.
Then you should be chastising 6days. He's the one saying God can be scientifically tested.
Science tries to identify the natural laws and principles that explain the world of nature. Probing for signs of intelligence in the universe is a very valid application of science. The purported evidence of God (specifically – God as defined within the quirky cult called creationism) that 6days alludes to (esp. Genesis) is ignored, and for good reason. It is nonsense. For example, as was pointed out some time ago, both the Geological Society of America, and a subchapter formed by the Christian Geologists, have authored specific position statements distancing themselves from the geological babble that those of 6day’s ilk propound. Almost every major discipline in science that deals with old-earth or biology rejects the pseudo-scientific silliness that 6days peddles here every day.… SETI wastes millions of dollars searching for intelligence in the universe.....while they ignore / reject evidence of Thee Intelligence in the universe.
Newton didn’t buy into a creation week of 6 24-hour days. Lord Kelvin didn’t buy into a young earth. Were they good Christians, and are they considered to be fathers of modern science?…Many of the great scientists of the past were attempting, as you say, to explain real evidence. (Newton, Pasteur, Faraday, Mendel, Galileo, Kepler, Mendel, Edwards, Boyle, Pascal, Kirby, Barton, Cuvier, Stenno and many more). But, those scientists explained evidence within the framework of the Biblical creator.
Largely true, but science, just like people, has now left childhood behind – “when I was a child, I thought as a child, etc”.…modern science was founded based on literal Bible beliefs that there was a supernatural creation, and God now sustains creation
But in my long dealing with numerous scientists (some atheists), I have never met any that fit that sordid description you just gave. Do you live in a really disreputable community?Science, to many atheists is a game where you exclude any hypothesis that points to the Creator even when all the data seems to point that way.
NopeWe start by testing His Word.
*Is there evidence of divine inspiration? Yes.
Old Testament – slaughter the kids, save the virgins for the soldiers. New Testament – “Bring the little ones unto me, for of such …”. Internal consistency failed.*Is there internal and external consistency? Yes
There’s lots of disconfirming external evidence.*Is there supporting external evidence? Yes.
Yup, when they are found to be wrong. Just like science is designed to do. But aren’t you intimating that “science is falsifying the Theory of Evolution itself”?… Science continues dispelling evolutionary beliefs
Just because you don't like the actual nuts and bolts that scientific endeavour requires, it isn't moving any goalposts to suggest that you have absolutely no rational mechanism for putting any divinity, never mind your specific one, under scientific scrutiny.Jose, and now you, are moving the goalposts. His challenge was "how do you propose we investigate and test God?" His question was answered.
Why shouldn't those who honestly don't believe in your particular God, nor perhaps those of anyone else's version, be expected to defer to what are after all simply personal beliefs and not established nor even imo establish-able facts?Dear Jose,
I do not need to chastise 6days. He is saying God could be tested, not that we should.
Michael
Just because you don't like the actual nuts and bolts that scientific endeavour requires, it isn't moving any goalposts to suggest that you have absolutely no rational mechanism for putting any divinity, never mind your specific one, under scientific scrutiny.
You may as well be like Michael who makes no effort at all to put his personal beliefs to any rational test, who in fact is way too scared of even the very idea of daring to test his own idea of God. He doesn't seem to understand that putting one's personal concepts of God to the test is not the same thing as disrespecting any real divine entity established to be worthy of deference, fear and respect. Davis, it seems like you don't post on any thread besides this one. Do you fear that others will discover you on another thread? Figure you and your weaknesses out? Well, you all are in for a surprise quite soon. Okay, I'm outta here.
Michael below is an earlier post of yours where you simply will not tolerate anyone putting your God to the test.Dear alwight,
You are just wishing. I am far from being 'scared' to 'test' my God. The thing is, I don't need to. Don't pretend that you know how I feel or what I think. We used to be such good friends. But you like to take pot shots at me so that there is no recovery whatsoever possible. My God can stand up to any scrutiny and IS All-powerful. You DO disrespect Him, so don't play innocent. You don't know Him and I do know Him. He is the originator of love and is made of love. He emanates it from every fiber of His being. And He is light, an unending light that glows forever and ever. He is the Alpha {beginning} and the Omega {ending}. He has tons of facets to His personality and is like an awesome being/ spirit. If He wished, He could pierce your heart and loosen those scales upon your eyes that keep you from seeing what is going on. It is all done under a veil, like a fourth dimension. He shall let you see in the end and you will writhe in agony and cry with huge tears because you have chosen your fate, because you were stubborn and thought too highly of yourselves, having egos that are inflated. That is the difference between an atheist and a theist. The ego. Right DavisBJ and Stuart, and I could easily go on, but I will spare others, yet they shall find out the hard way, regardless.
So don't worry Alwight, I am a capable person and my God doesn't need testing, but do it if you must, for you will not keep your fingers out of the fire. So burn them. You risk that every time. Now I know why God made a hell and that there really IS a necessity for one.
Michael
How dare You seek to TEST God, or INVESTIGATE Him?? Only someone who is not familiar with God would ask such questions. You sure are asking God to come down on your head. You're playing in the big leagues now. You DON'T test God or investigate Him. He does that to you. He is so much higher than you could imagine. I would say, don't push your luck, but luck has nothing to do with what you are trying to do. God will show you how to TEST Him soon enough. You'll have to go with that for now. God doesn't make pit stops just to appease you! So don't bother me any more with your ignorance against Our God. You are treading on very thin ice as it is.
Cordially,
Michael
Why shouldn't those who honestly don't believe in your particular God, nor perhaps those of anyone else's version, be expected to defer to what are after all simply personal beliefs and not established nor even imo establish-able facts?
If your particular God is true then why shouldn't we who nevertheless still doubt be free to explore the specific evidence, if it exists, and not to passively accept your special pleading rather than someone else's?
I understand that you have probably never even wanted to question the God you believe to be true and certainly don't want to do that here, since apparently you'd probably much rather preach and quote from Revelation, right?Dear alwight,
You do whatever floats your boat. If that's what makes you happy, go for it.
Michael
Jose... your prediction and guarantee failed. And you aren't scoring points with your 'theology'. God is omnipotent. He can do anything within His nature. God can not tell lies. Your argument that He 'could do the exact opposite' is incorrect and not scriptural.JoseFly said:You've said that the means to conduct a scientific investigation of God is by seeing if the Bible is divinely inspired, consistent, and externally supported. I asked if it was possible for God to author a book that didn't show those things, and you said it wasn't. Given that in most Christian circles God is believed to be all-powerful, the obvious follow-up to your statement is to ask if the God you're positing is all-powerful. If God is all-powerful, then your test isn't really a test of God (since God could just as easily do the exact opposite); if God isn't all-powerful, then we probably need to step back and clarify what you mean when you use the term "God".