(November 30, 2016 at 1:18 pm)Asmodee Wrote: I just read that garbage OP for the first time. Why is it that theists think that they can "prove" their deity exists if they can simply devise a clever enough argument?
I agree. There is no argument no matter how clever that would suffice for me. Since "God exists" is an empirical claim I think we should be able to detect it, measure its effects. But so long as the alleged effects are indistinguishable from natural occurrences we have nothing to go on.
But proofs? These are never more than rationalizations which at best only justify a belief that is already present. No clear thinking person is ever going to be moved to adopt a god belief unless he is gullible to begin with.
