Here a faith based theory is simply a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural by its very nature of not yet being concluded.
and that is a hypothesis.
Agreed, as I have already stated this numerous times. If it is not falsifiable, logically, it cannot be wholly refuted.
The assertion that a faith based method is false only because it has not been proven true fits squarely within the argumentum ad ignorantiam.
Yes, which is why this topic is rather an exellent example of
argumentum ad ignoratiam.
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