RE: Ignosticism, Theism, or Gnostic Atheism
January 28, 2022 at 7:02 am
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2022 at 7:21 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Yup. Most of the reason that unfalsifiable undetectable gods are a non starter, is that to be such a god, there'd have to be no indication it existed and it could have no possible effect on this world.
Not exactly a great pitch for the god-curious. "Believe in The Great God JoJo for no particular reason and nothing will happen!" - meh, no thanks, ill try the next stall. They've got a biscuit god. Historically speaking, even the ideas that gods are unfalsifiable and undetectable was a fall back line that god believers..who believed neither thing, retreated to when it became clear that their specific gods had been proven false. Testament to the power of religious faith to shape our minds. Even people who don't believe in this stuff still accept the patently ridiculous contention that no one can know or prove that gods don't exist - as a product of social engineering.
In another context, it's a bit more obvious. You can't prove that I didn't do the thing I won't tell you about.
Not exactly a great pitch for the god-curious. "Believe in The Great God JoJo for no particular reason and nothing will happen!" - meh, no thanks, ill try the next stall. They've got a biscuit god. Historically speaking, even the ideas that gods are unfalsifiable and undetectable was a fall back line that god believers..who believed neither thing, retreated to when it became clear that their specific gods had been proven false. Testament to the power of religious faith to shape our minds. Even people who don't believe in this stuff still accept the patently ridiculous contention that no one can know or prove that gods don't exist - as a product of social engineering.
In another context, it's a bit more obvious. You can't prove that I didn't do the thing I won't tell you about.
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