??? How would you disprove something that HAS been "proven"? If it has been proven, and then disproved, then the method of proof (or the disproof) was invalid. One can ONLY disprove something that has not (validly) been proven. The method is to propose an hypothesis (which might advance to a theory), set conditions by which it would be proven OR disproven, and then to meet those conditions. One disproves an hypothesis by meeting a condition for its disproof. Incidentally, if there are no conditions given (or implied) for the disproof of an hypothesis, then the hypothesis is NOT scientific.
John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hank: how would you try to "disprove s" something that hasn't been 'proven' a all? Johm ----- Original Message ----- From: adar To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: [PNEWS-L] Irrationality is the Norm It would seem, would it not (at least more so to Europeans than to Americans) that after several thousand years (perhaps 2,500 and more) that the most enlightened minds would by now agree that it is very unlikely that god exists and humans are made in "His" image or a "soul" exists and is immortal - or that god is guiding the human species in some determined direction. That would seem unlikely, wouldn't it? Science has been unable to definitively disprove the existence of god but religionists fail in the most reasoned and ignore their own inability to do the opposite - to provide evidence that god does exist. It seems that the irrational is the norm and it matters little that those who believe in god cannot prove god and truth or falsity is not part of this equation. They are so sure of their unproven belief and often pious as well in that faith in the unknown which they claim to know very well that some consider it offensive to question god and disreputable to even make an attempt to prove the existence of god. Many say it is "feelings" and feelings count ever bit as much as evidential proof. They are incapable of seeing the deception. Why and how can so many people be so convinced that they are willing to believe in something they just feel is right but every bit of new data and science points toward an opposite conclusion? They can and do so out of fear of death. Go here for more: http://pnews.org/bio/Liberalism.shtml Progressive News/Views (since 1982) Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
