[Stone Mountain]

I find it puzzling why some "academics" as they are referred to here, are so anxious to disprove the existence of a higher power.

It seems to me that they are trying to ascertain the existence of a higher power. Sure some academics are trying to disprove it, just as others are just as anxious to prove it. That's why an objective experiment is needed (alhough one probably cannot be constructed).

[pgyanke]

Of course an experiment can't be conducted to gauge God. The only people who think it can be done see God as George Lucas's Force. If you truly believe He is a sentient being far beyond our understanding, how can you possibly think you could make Him do YOUR will?