Re: [FRIAM] Slasdhot linked article RE; god

2015-01-07 Thread glen

On 01/07/2015 12:22 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:

And so believers who avoid this trap must construct an origins story
which cannot be falsifiable.  It must be fantasy.


(¬Falsifiable ↛ false)
(fantasy ≢ counterfactual)

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Re: [FRIAM] Slasdhot linked article RE; god

2015-01-07 Thread Marcus G. Daniels

> 
> And the skeptical response:
> https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/can-science-prove-the-existence-of-god-b6fefdc52588

"Do you want or need your belief in a divine or supernatural origin to
the Universe to be based in something that could be scientifically
disproven?"

And so believers who avoid this trap must construct an origins story
which cannot be falsifiable.  It must be fantasy.

Marcus





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[FRIAM] Slasdhot linked article RE; god

2015-01-07 Thread Gillian Densmore
In light of the exuberant discussion started by  about Athiesm.
http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/12/30/2231220/science-cannot-prove-the-existence-of-god

In case you don't like slashdot for valid reasons:
Pro Seraphim however those wonderfully alien Kick Effing Arse Mother Effers
are spelled:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-metaxas-science-increasingly-makes-the-case-for-god-1419544568

And the skeptical response:
https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/can-science-prove-the-existence-of-god-b6fefdc52588

Does that sugest that a part of the explanation for Serphim having so much
mythos and lore around them is they  may be Aliens?

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