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.

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  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
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    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
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