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God: The Failed Hypothesis

Hosted by:
Skeptics in the Pub
Speaker:
Skeptics in the Pub, University of Hawaii
Starts:
August 30, 2007 at 08:30 pm
Ends:
August 30, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Location:
Old Kings Head, Kings Head Yard, 45 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1NA United Kingdom
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Description

Victor Stenger is emeritus professor of physics at the University of Hawaii and adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a research fellow of the Center for Inquiry. He has also held visiting positions on the faculties of the University of Heidelberg, Oxford University and has been a visiting researcher at the Rutherford Laboratory, the National Nuclear Physics Laboratory in Frascati and the University of Florence.

In my 2003 book “Has Science Found God?” I provided a critique of contemporary claims that science supports the existence of God and found them inadequate.I will go much further and argue that science makes a strong case against the existence a God with the traditional attributes of the Judaic-Christian-Islamic God. My argument is not based simply on the gross absence of evidence for this God. Not only is there no evidence for God, I argue that the evidence we have can be used to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that this God does not exist. Not only does the universe show no evidence of its existence, it looks exactly as it would be expected to look if there is no God.

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Free:
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Additional information

Skeptics in the Pub meets (usually) on the third Thursday of every month starting at 7.30pm at The Old Kings Head, London Bridge. A £2 donation is requested to cover the guest speaker’s travelling expenses and sundries. Sandwiches and chips are provided at about 7.00pm on a first-come, first-served basis. Non-skeptics are welcome. Turn up at any time during the evening.

The event was founded in 1999, for all those interested in and/or skeptical of the paranormal, alternative medicine, psychic powers, pseudo-science, UFOs, alien abductions, creationism, Fortean phenomena, cult religions, water-divining, lost civilizations etc. A different guest speaker is invited each month, to talk on a topic of interest. The talk is followed by an informal discussion in a relaxed and friendly pub atmosphere. Real ales and food are available.

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