Jimmy Akin kicks around the idea of proving God\u2019s existence<\/a>. \u00a0It\u2019s a popular Atheist shot nowadays. \u00a0Religion has to prove God. \u00a0Religion has made the claim. \u00a0Religion now must prove the claim. \u00a0Of course when they say prove, they often mean prove it scientifically. \u00a0They may say they want logic or reason, but usually they mean subject God to scientific study using the scientific method, and if that approach doesn\u2019t work, then God doesn\u2019t exist. \u00a0It dawned on me some time ago that assuming God can be, or should be, proven using the scientific methods appears to be every bit the faith claim. \u00a0Nonetheless, Mr. Akin walks through a bird\u2019s eye view of who really has to provide the proof, and why such discussions go so wrong when the burden of proof is so obvious.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Akin kicks around the idea of proving God\u2019s existence. \u00a0It\u2019s a popular Atheist shot nowadays. \u00a0Religion has to prove God. \u00a0Religion has made the claim. \u00a0Religion now must prove the claim. \u00a0Of course when they say prove, they often mean prove it scientifically. \u00a0They may say they want logic or reason, but usually they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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