Single Idea 1465

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

Full Idea

If someone claimed a patch of land was tended by a 'gardener', but there was never a shred of evidence to support this view, the claim would gradually dissolve into meaninglessness, especially if it was suggested that evidence was irrelevant.

Gist of Idea

You can't claim a patch of land is tended by a 'gardener' if there is no evidence, and all counter-evidence is rejected

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.225