Could I retire early with a Templeton Prize by going into a scientific field, then announcing that God exists?

Mato: I said *Templeton* prize. Peer review smshmeer review.

Public Comments

1. No because you would fail the peer review.
2. OMG I had no idea that had a prize for circular reasoning. WOW!!!!!
3. Well I think that you would have to pretend to do some research for a few years, and then make up a nonsense reason that you think there is a god. But 800,000 pounds ought to make for a nice retirement. You should follow it up with a book. Those Christians will buy anything. They won't actually read it, but it would look great in the bookcase, so make a good cover.
4. No. You would be laughed out of the building. Also all the real religious minds. Not the crazys, but the ones who study religion will tell you the public that hes lying. Divine, means beyond human understanding. Moreso with "God". He is cited specifically with being beyond our means to understand or find. If you declrae he exists you wont win anything. You'll be fired. You have to prove it. Technically speaking proving there is a god proves that christianity and other Abrahamic faiths are incorrect. Becuse if we can find him, we can understand him for a good part. also we can find his plane of existence. we can explore it and calculate it. Meaning we understand it. Even if he says "Yeah evrything the bible says happened happened. It still wouldnt be him.