Robert asks…Why is the principle of falsifiability not applied to religious claims?Nearly all religious claims are unfalsifiable.
To say a hypothesis is not falsifiable means that it cannot be proved (or disproved), and, therefore, is unacceptable as a scientific theory. This is why creationism, and the existence of God, aren't acceptable scientific theories.
It is very unfortunate that this concept is misunderstood by many who are otherwise quite rational and objective. The principle not
