Re: scientists and their belief in god



On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, "Robert J. Kolker" <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Jensen wrote:
>> That doesn't stop religious zealots from claiming that their particular
>> doctrines trump the physical, scientific evidence, nor does it stop
>> anti-religious zealots from claiming that the discoveries of science
>> disprove all claims about gods.
>
> Assertions about gods are not empirically testable so they aren't even
> wrong. They are empirically meaningless and of no value.

That's not always true, e.g. when someone asserts that a god destroyed
the world with floodwaters 4000-5000 years ago.

--
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas

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