On 10 March 2014 10:49, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/9/2014 2:40 PM, LizR wrote: > > "God did it" isn't a theory or an explanation unless it goes into more > depth about what God is, why it exists and how it does things, and uses > these details to make some testable predictions that will separate it out > from other theories (Allah did it, Zeus did it, Odin did it, Amaterasu did > it, etc). Actually GDI has a whole raft of predictions about how God will > take care of his chosen group, how he will end the world in, er, some time > soon, how he created the world in 7 days, how he will intercede if you pray > hard enough, etc. > > None of which so far appear to have been borne out, making GDI both > testable and fallible, also tested and failed. > > > The predictions have all failed, but the *explanations* are batting a > thousand. There's a whole industry called apologia turning them out as > needed. >
By constantly changing them, yes. We have always been at war with Eastasia - I mean Oceana... Another important attribute of a good theory (or "explanation") according to DD is that it should be hard - preferably impossible - to vary it without breaking it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
