{"id":569,"date":"2015-10-15T17:17:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=569"},"modified":"2015-10-15T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:17:30","slug":"science-doesnt-say-anything-scientists-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2015\/10\/science-doesnt-say-anything-scientists-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Doesn&#8217;t Say Anything, Scientists Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>&#8220;To say that a scientist can disprove the existence of God is like saying a mechanic can disprove the existence of Henry Ford. While there is certainly evidence from science to support theism, what may be more important is that theism supports science. In other words, theism makes doing science possible. We wouldn&#8217;t be able to do science reliably if atheism were true.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis is just the tip of the iceberg on God and atheism from Frank Turek. Dive deeper with these ideas in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navpress.com\/Stealing-from-God\/dp\/1612917011#sthash.hqfFrDlN.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make their Case<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navpress.com\/Stealing-from-God\/dp\/1612917011#sthash.hqfFrDlN.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stealing-from-God-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stealing from God\" width=\"181\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To say that a scientist can disprove the existence of God is like saying a mechanic can disprove the existence of Henry Ford. 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