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Author Topic:   Can science refute the "god hypothesis" beyond all reasonable doubt?
Richard Townsend
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Message 229 of 310 (486501)
10-21-2008 3:10 PM
Reply to: Message 228 by Agobot
10-21-2008 2:41 PM


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Agobot,
Einstein did not believe in a personal God either.
'I do not believe in a personal God and I have not denied this but have expressed it clearly'
Great Physicists, By William H. Cropper, P225

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Richard Townsend
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Message 230 of 310 (486504)
10-21-2008 3:27 PM


Short Answer
I believe the answer to the question is yes. Beyond reasonable doubt doesn't mean 'for absolute certain' to me, otherwise virtually no-one would get convicted of a crime.
If science reaches a point where we have a very clear picture of how the universe and people work (including spiritual beliefs and spiritual experiences) without involving a God, we will have cracked it as far as I'm concerned. There would then be no reasonable grounds for believing in God.
Personally I look forward to the day. I don't believe we would end up without spirituality or a sense of meaning. The truth about the Universe is far richer than anything we have invented.

  
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