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Does 'Goddidit' constitute an explanation? (2)

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Doveaman

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I see you are still avoiding the first hurdle.

I'll tell you what, get over the first hurdle of red-shift and then we can address all your other concerns.
 
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Agreed. There's a difference between a theory that isn't testable now, and a theory that's never testable. And I'm not saying the latter can ever enter the our sphere of knowledge. My point is just that, as a tool for acquiring knowledge, science must be open to all possibilities. Obviously, hypotheses which are fundamentally incapable of being validated aren't going to get off the ground, even if they're actually true.

As a matter of principle, science should consider every possibility as, well, possible. As a matter of prudence, we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss what we intuitively suspect to be an untestable idea; if science has shown us anything, it's that the universe is a lot more odd than we might think.
 
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I'll tell you what, get over the first hurdle of red-shift and then we can address all your other concerns.
OK, I agree with you about intrinsic red-shift. Now explain why Plasma Cosmology doesn't explain the amount of gravitational lensing we observe.
 
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I see you are still avoiding the first hurdle.

I'll tell you what, get over the first hurdle of red-shift and then we can address all your other concerns.
Still hand-waving counter-arguments away, I see. I wonder if you'll ever tackle rebuttals head-on? The one thing that continues to distinguish science from pseudo-science is the former's proponents actually step up to the challenge, whilst the latter faff about making excuses. Humorous, but sad.
 
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As a matter of prudence, we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss what we intuitively suspect to be an untestable idea; if science has shown us anything, it's that the universe is a lot more odd than we might think.
Very true. Can I have a hug now
 
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OK, I agree with you about intrinsic red-shift. Now explain why Plasma Cosmology doesn't explain the amount of gravitational lensing we observe.
Because in Plasma Cosmology there is no such thing as "gravitational lensing".

Intrinsic red-shift falsified that idea.

If intrinsic red-shift exists (it does), then many objects that are said to be very far may very well be very near. And in fact many are, as Mr. Arp has shown.
 
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You have to understand it from the perspective of the actual Cosmologists...you know...the ones who rely on the Scientific Method and not mathemagic; to them a dead hypothesis doesn't have the ability to predict anything, so what you consider to be a "prediction" they recognize as pure fiction.

And I agree with them.
 
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As a matter of principle, science should consider every possibility as, well, possible.
Even God?
As a matter of prudence, we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss what we intuitively suspect to be an untestable idea;
Even "God did it"?
if science has shown us anything, it's that the universe is a lot more odd than we might think.
I think it's the Big Bang model that shows the universe to be "odd", not science.
 
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Oh, I see what you did there. Very droll.

Even God?

Even "God did it"?
Yes. That's kinda what I was hinting at with the OP, if you didn't get it.

I think it's the Big Bang model that shows the universe to be "odd", not science.
First, the Big Bang model is science (I know you like to disagree, but by even the most stringent of definitions, it's science). Second, the oddness of the universe is shown by other models as well: Einsteinian relativity, quantum mechanics, classical thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, optics, etc.
 
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What should a scientist expect to see that would constitute "God did it"?
Amputees being healed whenever a Christian clergyman walks by. Whatever the theological implications, it sure would point to God.
 
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Amputees being healed whenever a Christian clergyman walks by.
The sun had to be just right:
Acts 5:15 said:
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
I think what you're forgetting, is that they were in a transition period between Law and Grace, and in addition, the Apostles needed special authentication.
Whatever the theological implications, it sure would point to God.
Yup --- and that's just what they got.

What's that phrase you guys like to use: extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof?
 
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Amputees being healed whenever a Christian clergyman walks by. Whatever the theological implications, it sure would point to God.

I'm sure that would work. Hopefully one day you'll see something like that. The Bible itself says that a wicked generation shall seek signs. It's also apparent that Christ gave some healing powers to the apostles, but none others. Short of him healing amputees, what would you expect "science" to find in their search that would prove it?
 
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Short of him healing amputees, what would you expect "science" to find in their search that would prove it?
I already asked them that, and got tired of listening to their noise: 1.

(Check out the responses I got. )
 
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Yeah, I didn't see anything other than some magic tricks, which the Bible addresses. I was referring to scientific and physics and mathematical formulas. What would a scientist in a lab or a physics researcher come across that would "prove" God's existence. It's a legitimate question, because science is often used to beat religious people over the head, so I was just asking - along the same lines of physics equations, mathematical formulas, or biological inquiry, what would "prove" his existence? And if the answer is nothing, then is it really rational point to science and say "I need scientific proof"?
 
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And if the answer is nothing, then is it really rational point to science and say "I need scientific proof"?
Was it you that made the excellent point that scientists claim that God can neither be proven nor disproven, then turn around and demand undeniable evidence from us as to His existence?
 
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