RE: Attn: Theists - What would it take to prove you wrong?
August 10, 2013 at 12:14 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2013 at 12:17 pm by LostLocke.)
(August 10, 2013 at 11:54 am)Theo Zacharias Wrote: If you think that "there is no evidence of God existence" is the reason (or even proof) that God does not exist, then that is a false dilemma according to Wikipedia.Two things to keep in mind when trying this....
Stating that something does not exist is not the same thing as saying that you do not believe something exists.
And, if you're going by the position that if there is no evidence that something does not exist is enough 'reason' to believe it does exist, then there a crapload of things you have to believe in.
Mainly because I'd challenge you to prove evidence that anything does not exist.
(August 10, 2013 at 12:14 pm)Theo Zacharias Wrote: I already answer that before. I will repeat it again in here with another similar example. I don't know whether some kind of sea monster (similar to Loch Ness Monster) exists or not in our universe (because there is no evidence either way), but I don't believe it. Why? One of the reason is because believing in the existence of that monster does not give any positive impact to me. On the contrary, there is a negative impact (e.g. make me feel scare when I'm on sea). Believing in God does give me overall positive impact as I said in my previous posts. That the reason *for me*.Everything you stated here is completely irrelevant.
Either the monster exists or it doesn't. It's impact on your life whether positive, negative, or neutral doesn't mean anything.
You don't get to decide if something exists or not based on whether it makes you 'feel good' or not.
