Sentences with phrase «to prove something false»

Not sure why the 3 of you are so intent on proving something false if it does not exist.

Rather than go with the same old explanation offered by the religious that has proven itself false in the past?

I'll let my other fellow posters speak for themselves here, but I am not «intent» on proving something false here.

Drawing from logic which offers the fantastic method of assuming the negative of what you seek to prove, and then prove it false, science almost always frames issues in the negative.

Still less do they mean that men could be «cured» of their religious beliefs by proving them false, as men might possibly be cured of drug addiction by lectures about the injury it does to them.

You Said:» @Tallulah13, @Peace2All, & @LinCA — Not sure why the 3 of you are so intent on proving something false if it does not exist.»

Even if many instances of agreement with experiment do not prove that a theory is true, it would seem that even a single counterinstance of data which disagrees with theory should conclusively prove it false.

But I do know that simple and thoughtful analysis of Christianity, Islam and Judaism prove them false.

You said «Not sure why the 3 of you are so intent on proving something false if it does not exist.»

The flaw with your belief isn't that I can not prove your god false, it's that you accept him as true without the ability to prove him false.

It is distinctly POSSIBLE that this is true, and I can not deny this possibility, nor can I prove it false... but that is hardly grounds for belief.

If ONE scientist could prove it false, it would be INSTANT fame, fortune, and a Nobel Prize.

However, if a premise is faulty, it is the responsibility of the opponent to prove it false.

valerie0423 Have you ever taken the time to read any of the mythologies or other sacred texts of rival religions to prove them false?

Since then, history, while recorded by the victor, is recorded on the spot, leaving much less room for interpritation and convenient conclusions that prove something false to be true.

He may be wrong, but if my friend finds he has proven the book false he may well feel he has proven me false, or worse, he might feel he has proven Christ false.

There's no evidence to back it up this claim and all the evidence in the world to prove it false.

If it is tested and survives all attempts to prove it false, it becomes a scientific theory [e.g., the theory of gravity].

It is not up to the opposition to prove something false.