Recent content by Hoplitejoe

He puts forth that the idea of God is a testable hypothesis. Whether you agree with that idea is another story. Firstly that was kinda my story. Secondly, it is the way he does it. while it would be enough and reasonable to say "I think god is a testable hypothesis" and then to put forward...

You should not make scientific claims about religion. "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."

I quite agree with that but should that not be applied both ways?

I myself have never read any of his Biology but have heard it is quite good so that is fine. What I object to is his attempts at philosophy. It has long been postulated (and often held that)you can not find god in science. Religion is not a science so why should it be treated as one? He seems to...