Single Idea 1467

[catalogued under 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification]

Full Idea

Religious people seem unwilling to accept any evidence which shows that God does not love us, so what would they accept? If nothing counts that way, their claim is unfalsifiable, and hence meaningless.

Gist of Idea

Religious people seem unwilling to accept any evidence that God does not love us, so their claim is unfalsifiable

Source

report of Antony Flew (Theology and Falsification [1950]) by PG - Db (ideas)

Book Reference

'The Existence of God', ed/tr. Hick,John [Macmillan 1964], p.227