(September 27, 2013 at 9:42 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(September 27, 2013 at 9:38 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: How does that reasoning work, for, say quantum mechanics? "Prior to sixth grade, I saw no evidence for quantum mechanics. So quantum mechanics became rational in the sixth grade".
The difference is that quantum mechanics does exist for anyone to understand and know that it does exist. The same cannot be stated for god.
Just because someone is unaware of something that already exists in the world does not mean it does not exist because of his not being aware of it. If there is verifiable proof to support its existence, it will exist despite people being ignorant of its existence. The same cannot be stated for god, because there is absolutely no verifiable evidence to support god's existence.
The purported "evidence for God" exists in much the same way as the "evidence for QM".
The problem is not that it doesn't exist. The problem is that it's not easily accessible. You need a little critical thinking. Some arguments require a background in symbolic or modal logic. Most of the proponents spend their life in offices, classrooms and research libraries rather than on TV and in newspapers.
They're not spoonfed like the marketing drivel we mindlessly absorb 24/7. You have to do a little legwork. Or, if you care to have a discussion, you have to stop behaving like a monkey. Not you, I mean the people here in general.