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Author Topic:   The Importance of Potentially Disconfirming Evidence
Perdition
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Message 35 of 182 (113950)
06-09-2004 3:59 PM
Reply to: Message 9 by John Paul
05-04-2004 1:53 PM


Re: Nobel Prizes Don't Count
MRHambre, If you can't refute my statement just say so. Can I substantiate my claim? The fact that evolutionists haven't been able to refute it speaks volumes.
Not being able to refute something doesn't show that it's correct necessarily. In fact, the fact that you can't even describe a way in which it COULD be refuted goes a long way to refuting it itself.
As an example which has been used in some sort before, refute the fact that an invisible pink pixie is sitting on your shoulder telepathically controlling everything you do or say. Making a claim that has no predicitve power or any way to refute it can be done millions of times over. The reason the "naturalistic" description is usually accepted is that it can be refuted, and therefore can change as evidence changes to better fit the world we see.

"Of course...we all create god in our own image" - Willard Decker, Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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