(May 11, 2013 at 10:33 pm)Faith Is Glorified Delusion Wrote: People have asked me how do I know with any certainty that deities do not exist - not just deities of certain religions like Yahweh/Allah/ but deities in general. I have many reasons to believe that deities do not, never did, and cannot exist.
Are you sure you know what is meant by a god? That is something I've never been clear on. What exactly counts as one? Even if you think you know, are you sure you understand what other people have in mind? I don't think there is really all that much agreement.
My inclination is to think it is all silly stuff of course but is awfully hard to know exactly what we are talking about. I do agree that "supernatural" is a suspect category. It seems patently obvious to me that everything there is or could be is natural. The only meaningful distinction is between natural we understand and natural we don't yet understand.
Personally I just don't give enough of a fuck about whether or not gods exist -whatever they might be- to invest any belief one way or the other in them. I just don't think it is either urgent or important enough to deserve a decision from me.
