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To: knowledgeforfreedom
Quite different, in that a human can be observed and God can not.

The force of gravity cannot be directly observed either. It must be unscientific. Can science "falsify" the force of gravity?

423 posted on 01/04/2006 8:54:06 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew

"The force of gravity cannot be directly observed either."

He didn't say *directly*; he said observed. God can't be observed directly OR indirectly. Gravity can be observed indirectly.


425 posted on 01/04/2006 8:57:30 AM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: Fester Chugabrew
The force of gravity cannot be directly observed either.

Gravity's effect on matter can be conclusively measured. It can be tested, and will repeatedly work in the same fashion under the same conditions. It is bound by physical laws.

Can you say the same about God?

427 posted on 01/04/2006 9:02:10 AM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
"The force of gravity cannot be directly observed either. It must be unscientific. Can science "falsify" the force of gravity?

Scientists falsify hypotheses and by extension theories, not forces.

827 posted on 01/05/2006 12:18:12 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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