RE: Theists - how certain are you that a God exists?
July 31, 2015 at 2:11 am
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2015 at 2:13 am by Whateverist.)
(July 30, 2015 at 10:50 pm)ktrap Wrote:(July 28, 2015 at 11:15 pm)Cato Wrote: I do. Neither exist. Your move.
First Atheist I found to be consistent. Either it exists or it doesn't (1 or 0). Therefore the probability of Alien Life is not any better than the probability for God if you are an atheist. For me as a theist God exists and Alien Life can exist even if no evidence of it is at hand. I have more respect for an Atheist who draws conclusions consistently even though I may disagree with them.
While Cato's criteria for signing off on either one in any particular case may be the same, the arguments which can be made for thinking there must be life else where in the universe totally kicks the ass of any 'argument' in favor of the existence of gods.
For starters, it doesn't appear that the number and variety of elements in other planetary systems in our galaxy or across the galaxies are much different from those found in our own. It is reasonable to assume that from the same starting conditions similar results will follow.
(July 30, 2015 at 10:56 pm)ktrap Wrote:(July 30, 2015 at 10:41 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: Would you please serve your bullshit with a side of evidence or not at all.
Look in the mirror and ask yourself, "Do I come from nothing?"
Guess you got me there. I certainly don't recall a time in which I didn't exist. For all we know, we are living on a very, very, VERY young earth on which our parents were created fully mature with implanted memories. We are the world, right?
