I've often wanted to start up a research institute devoted to scientifically answering the question of whether one or more gods actually exists via experiment.

I've often wanted to start up a research institute devoted to scientifically answering the question of whether one or more gods actually exists via experiment. We may not be able to completely disprove the hypothesis, but we can certainly narrow down the range of gods which might exist. For instance, some folks reckon that God will smite you if you burn a Koran, so we could burn a Koran and see what happens. Also, who knows, we might experimentally prove that there is one or more gods. That would be interesting!