Re: [asa] The God hypothesis- a test

So if we
can test God logically like that, is it ok to test him experimentally in
regards to prayer also?

The Bible says God hides from the wise and reveals himself to babes.?

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:24 am
Subject: RE: [asa] The God hypothesis- a test

First Bernie said:
> Would God be insulted or displeased in a
> test of his existence? By the way, people who debate and show evidence
> of God using logic, such as William Lane Craig and others (like CS
> Lewis), isn't that a way of "testing God" to see if He holds water
> logically? The assumption is that if God didn't pass "logical tests"
> then He wouldn't be worth believing in, like the invisible pink
unicorn
> or the flying spaghetti monster.

Then RC said:
Since logic is foundational to our world and our rational existence, it
must come from God. I'm not sure what sort of "logical tests" you're
referring to. Can you offer an example?

Now Bernie says:
I would say that everything William Lane Craig cites as "evidence for
God" would be putting the notion of a God "to the logical test." And
almost all of his arguments are philosophical (based in logic). One of
his first is called "the origin of the universe." Where did it come
from? Is it eternal? Then he explains why we can't exist in finite time
if pre-history was infinite. All of this is logical thinking to sort
out, and test, logically, if God is a reasonable hypothesis. So if we
can test God logically like that, is it ok to test him experimentally in
regards to prayer also?

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