(May 12, 2017 at 1:06 pm)Valyza1 Wrote:(May 12, 2017 at 12:02 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: The harshness of the truth, that god does not exist, is preferable the comfort of the lie, that god does exist.Do you call it a lie because it can't be demonstrated to be true or do you call it a lie because it can be demonstrated to be false?
A lie isn't so much about the truth of a statement, as whether a person represents their best knowledge. When someone claims knowledge which they obviously cannot be privy to, then that's a lie-- they are representing the God idea as a statement of fact, when they do not actually have any sufficient reason for them to claim that it IS a fact.
