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Just because something is not falsifiable does not make it incorrect. For instance, if a person says "I had pork chops and applesauce for dinner on July 12, 1987," their statement is not falsifiable because there is no test that can be done to prove the contrary. However, that does not ''by any means'' mean the statement is necessarily false. Thus, claiming that the concept of God is not a falsifiable one does not mean the concept is incorrect. Thus, while it may be impossible to use ''Erscheinung'' (to use [[Kant]]'s term) to prove God's existence, this does not bear any relevance to the ''Ding an sich'' of God's existence. What the falsifiability of god actually means is that God does not lie under the realm of science, since all scientific matters must be falsifiable. | Just because something is not falsifiable does not make it incorrect. For instance, if a person says "I had pork chops and applesauce for dinner on July 12, 1987," their statement is not falsifiable because there is no test that can be done to prove the contrary. However, that does not ''by any means'' mean the statement is necessarily false. Thus, claiming that the concept of God is not a falsifiable one does not mean the concept is incorrect. Thus, while it may be impossible to use ''Erscheinung'' (to use [[Kant]]'s term) to prove God's existence, this does not bear any relevance to the ''Ding an sich'' of God's existence. What the falsifiability of god actually means is that God does not lie under the realm of science, since all scientific matters must be falsifiable. | ||
| + | But the concept of God does lie under the realm of induction and deduction prior to science. What theology, the science of God ("science" taken in the meaning of "most certain knowledge") tells us is that the testimony of the faithful as to the fruits of faith in God secures the value of the idea of God the faithful employ when they come to meet God. This is in addition to any use of metaphysics used to show the existence and essence reason forms of God is (so far) without contradiction. This is merely to accept that faith is not a science but a form of confident belief from the evidence given, some of which evidence is not available without making a leap of faith where the faithful doesn't know the totality of the circumstances of credibility in which the leap is made. | ||
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The Falsifiability of God is often cited by some scientists, philosophers, atheists, and others as being evidence that God does not exist.[Citation Needed] However, that those who make such claims misunderstand the quality of falsifiability.
Just because something is not falsifiable does not make it incorrect. For instance, if a person says "I had pork chops and applesauce for dinner on July 12, 1987," their statement is not falsifiable because there is no test that can be done to prove the contrary. However, that does not by any means mean the statement is necessarily false. Thus, claiming that the concept of God is not a falsifiable one does not mean the concept is incorrect. Thus, while it may be impossible to use Erscheinung (to use Kant's term) to prove God's existence, this does not bear any relevance to the Ding an sich of God's existence. What the falsifiability of god actually means is that God does not lie under the realm of science, since all scientific matters must be falsifiable.
But the concept of God does lie under the realm of induction and deduction prior to science. What theology, the science of God ("science" taken in the meaning of "most certain knowledge") tells us is that the testimony of the faithful as to the fruits of faith in God secures the value of the idea of God the faithful employ when they come to meet God. This is in addition to any use of metaphysics used to show the existence and essence reason forms of God is (so far) without contradiction. This is merely to accept that faith is not a science but a form of confident belief from the evidence given, some of which evidence is not available without making a leap of faith where the faithful doesn't know the totality of the circumstances of credibility in which the leap is made.