RE: Even if you choose not to believe in god, you’re actually believing in god
May 29, 2016 at 5:48 am
(May 29, 2016 at 5:06 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(May 28, 2016 at 11:51 pm)Blueyedlion Wrote: Actually, since i'm of the opinion god is what atheists recognize as simply the universe but with an extra feature of a collective mind of all that is.
"You must first prove that this attribute exists" What is always present, the universe. tick.
Except that you haven't shown the Universe = God. Untick that box and get back to work, this time without using unfounded claims.
He's asserted that the Universe exists, which is the bit on which most would agree. What he hasn't yet shown is this "extra feature of a collective mind of all that is".
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'