[itsahoot]

."God did it" is not a prediction. It's a claim, nothing more.

"Something else did it" is not a prediction. It's a claim, nothing more.

[ElectricStrawberry]

I do not say "something else did it" in any manner......and if I DID say it it wouldn't be a "prediction".....it would be a "claim"...predictions concern the future, not the past.....as in PRE....as in "BEFORE" it happens.

If I base that claim on empirical evidence....I'd have a better "scientific" position than if I based it on a well-followed book.

Put it this way. I do not say your book is wrong. I say my science is my science. You can push your book all you want, just keep it out of my science class where it simply does not belong.