Scientists do, of course, identify the senses. I remain unaware of any who fail to identify also the capacity for reason. I grant that such a concept theoretically can lead to deception as well as perception. But even a empiricist philosopher could believe in God and maintain a consistent philosophical perspective. Science does not prove the absence of God, nor does it attempt to do so.
Some branches of philosophy do.
I maintain that proving the absence of that which is premised would be a futile intellectual exercise. At least then he would realize that he is not a scientist, and not even much of an empiricist. Note 7 Big deal. It was not difficult to establish that the professor was a poor excuse for a scientist. But here I note that the author of the original may have been too clever by half.