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God hypothesis

God hypothesis proper noun: the hypothesis that God exists, seen as something able to be analyzed by a scientific approach rather than accepted by faith.

Proper noun

the God hypothesis

  1. The hypothesis that God exists, seen as something able to be analyzed by a scientific approach rather than accepted by faith.
    • Moreover, no one (including Price) would dream of reading a paper to a scientific society arguing that the God hypothesis is superior to the Molecular theory of gases.1977, Frank Jackson, Perception: A Representative Theory, CUP Archive, →ISBN, page 144
    • When the God hypothesis is evaluated with a more plausible conception of conservatism, it seems to conflict with, among other things, scientific data suggesting that the universe is uncaused.2003, Lewis Vaughn, Austin Dacey, The Case for Humanism: An Introduction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 172

Questions about God hypothesis

What does God hypothesis mean?
God hypothesis means the hypothesis that God exists, seen as something able to be analyzed by a scientific approach rather than accepted by faith.
What part of speech is God hypothesis?
God hypothesis is a proper noun.

Words near God hypothesis in the dictionary

  1. God help someone
  2. God helps them that help themselves
  3. God helps them who help themselves
  4. God helps those who help themselves
  5. God honest truth
  6. God hypothesis
  7. God in heaven
  8. God is in the detail
  9. god king
  10. god kings
  11. God knew

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