(November 5, 2010 at 4:38 pm)coffeeveritas Wrote: So you're saying that in order for you to believe in God someone would have to be able to logically prove His existence to you, and you're not seeing that.No...I'm not saying that. The burden of proof is only used on actual claims made by people. If a theist says to me "God exists", I would ask them for evidence, since they hold the burden of proof. I a theist says "I believe in God", I wouldn't need to ask them for evidence, since it is their belief that they are talking about, and doesn't matter in the big picture.
In answer to your question, no, I would not need someone to logically prove God's existence to me in order to believe that God exists. I don't think "proofs" of God's existence is even possible, for various reasons relating to agnosticism and the problem of knowledge. What would make me believe in God is a good reason for doing so, which demonstrates to me that God's existence is more probable than his non-existence. I have yet to see a reason which stands up to scrutiny.
