" Having said that, there is no shortage of prominent scientists who us their public platform to mock the very idea of God."
They are entitled to mock or not mock but they cannot say they have proved there is no God.
***They are entitled to mock or not mock but they cannot say they have proved there is no God.***
They do not need to "prove" anything - they are scientists!
And are they really "entitled" to mock? Seems like if they mocked any other group (racial or sexual) the scientific community would rise up and remove them from their positions.
But it's ok to mock God. The very One who gave you your freedoms and your rights.