ecargo10 Apr 2006

Well, I don't think that's what I'm doing. And I don't have the same interpretation of the Wikipedia article re: Occam's Razor as you do; it does, at the end, state explicitly:

>>The principle is only a guide to the best theory based on current knowledge, not to the "truth".

It is argued that Ockham was an intellectual forefather of the scientific method . . . however, [he can] be seen as an apologist for Divine Omnipotence, since he was concerned with demonstrating that creation is contingent and the Creator is free to change the rules at will. Thus, if God is free to make an infinity of worlds with completely different rules from those which prevail in our world, then we are free to imagine such worlds and their logical and practical consequences.<<

I agree that it's unlikely that one can "disprove" God, and I wouldn't really want to try (seems kind of pointless), but I also don't think there's any verifiable proof of God to BE disproved, not from a scientific standpoint. I have no problem with faith or individual beliefs. (Whatever gets you through the night/it's all right/it's all right.) I do have a problem when people try to use pseudo-science to justify belief in a god--especially systematic attempts, such as those of certain school boards, to put belief in God on an equal scientific footing as theories that meet the accepted rigors of the scientific process. Faith is not science. God is not a theory in the accepted meaning of that term. Outside of that, I don't much care what people believe, as long as it's not a basis for harming others. Me, why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.