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From: vanjac@netcom.com (Van)
Subject: Re: Goedel, and thc Proof of "god"
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In article <sewalter-1005951259170001@i4067120.cfa.ilstu.edu>,
Scott Walters <sewalter@ilstu.edu> wrote:
>No reasonable scientist would discount the possibility, either, since
>until disproven, the god-hypothesis remains viable.  As long as science is
>unable to definitively prove its hypotheses, and in addition, get beyond
>the barrier of that first fraction of a second of the universe's
>existence, the origin of the universe is up for grabs.  Scientific
>pronouncements to the contrary are just wishful thinking.

It is not for scientists to disprove every idea put forth with absolutely
no reasonto believe there is any truth to it.

The concept of God is like me asserting that 4 armed humanoids live
underground on Io, leaving no evidence of their existence.
Are scientists to spend time showing that such beings don't exist.
They _could_ exist, just like god, but there is no evidence for them,
and they explain nothing.

We can't waste time on assertions that have no basis.

There are a lot of things that could be true. There could be
certain kinds of life forms on distant planets. But to assert that
certains forms do exist on certain planets with no evidence and which
explain nothing is not an assertion that anyone has to refute.

Simlilarly god is a assertion for which there is absolutely no evidence
and which explains nothing, and has no role in science.

No one has to prove that god doesn't exist. There are an infinity of
things that could exist. Lets concern ourself with things for which
there is some evidence or reason to believe they do exist.

The god idea has been around for a long time, and has not been of any use to
science. To the contrary it has been a hindrance.
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Van  --  Email: vanjac@netcom.com
