One can see very clearly in this thread the difference between testable and untestable theories (or belief systems). To put a scientific theory making predictions on par with a belief system is nonsense. Judge Overton's decision in the McLean vs Arkansas trial is a fine reading for those who don't differentiate between the two.

Rabbi Sol brings the hilarious (sorry, if you did mean it serious, Rabbi; I hope you didn't) #4 example of an unrefutable belief system. Another would be that God made the world yesterday. Yes, of course complete for instance with all the postings here that look older and with all our memories that we have met each other and of course complete with all the signs of ageing in my (more in me than in that human my implanted recollection tells me is my daughter). God only has implanted all those signs (yes, of course, even such a book as the bible looking as if 200+years ago there were already people here believing in a god) to test my faith. As irrefutable as the 5000 + years theory that is. Both are belief systems and not scientific theories.

Wolfgang