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Thread #131699   Message #2982496
Posted By: Steve Shaw
08-Sep-10 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: The God Delusion 2010
Subject: RE: BS: The God Delusion 2010
"On the subject of teaching science,

This involves teaching a skill.

The skill to observe accurately, patiently and comprehensively, and to learn and understand the properties and qualities of the thing being observed."

It's also about learning how to design and carry out experiments properly, and to collect, interpret and see the limitations of data. It's about making and testing hypotheses and collecting evidence to reinforce, or overturn, theories. It's about being able to communicate fairly and effectively your findings to your peers in order that they may make observations or carry out experiments to corroborate your data.

I see no reason why the existence or not of a God shouldn't be put under this kind of scrutiny. Even though he's a human construct, he appears to be in the privileged position of being able to jump from unsupported hypothesis straight to truth, skipping all the steps between. No wonder religion wants to keep him separate from science!