(May 5, 2025 at 6:59 am)Belacqua Wrote:They are demonstrably not the same, as one is a belief, and other disbelief.(May 5, 2025 at 4:36 am)Sheldon Wrote: No one has made that claim[...]
Oh, I see. When earlier you said
Quote:I DO NOT BELIEVE, ANY DEITY OR DEITIES ARE POSSIBLE.
You are saying that "I do not believe X is possible" is not the same statement as "I believe X is impossible."
Is that right?
Quote:You've been at this type of fight for a while now, so I expect you've heard many claims by Christians. What reasons do you have for rejecting their claims that God is possible?The same reason anyone has, for disbelieving any claim, I have not seen sufficient evidence to allay my doubts.
Quote:For example, you've no doubt heard the various arguments which say that God is a necessary being and you have judged these arguments to be unpersuasive. According to what standards did you judge them?
I have seen many such arguments, and no I have not seen one I found compelling, and any claims about the nature of the thing being argued for, would need themselves to be properly evidenced, else it's simply begging the question. I also am dubious you can argue anything into existence, without any objective evidence, since existence is defined as reflecting objective reality.
