Victor J. Stenger Quotes About Evidence

Quotes about: Evidence

• The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.

  Victor J. Stenger

  Faith, Believe, Mean

  Victor J. Stenger (2012). “God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion”, p.21, Prometheus Books

• Scientific evidence for God's existence is being claimed today by theists, many of whom carry respectable scientific or philosophical credentials. He who is neither a she nor an it supposedly answers prayers and otherwise dramatically affects the outcome of events. If these consequences are as significant as believers say, then the effects should be detectable in properly controlled experiments.

  Victor J. Stenger

  Prayer, Philosophical, Religion

  Victor J. Stenger (2003). “Has Science Found God?: The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe”, Pyr Books

• Proof is not required to believe [in a god]. But some sign, some evidence is needed. None exists... Find some inkling of evidence. There is none.

  Victor J. Stenger

  Believe, Religion, Proof

• Until recent times, absence of evidence for his [Jehovah's] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge that we can identify many places where there should be evidence, but there is not. The absence of that evidence allows us to rule out the existence of this God beyond a reasonable doubt.

  Victor J. Stenger

  Doubt, Religion, Jehovah

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