(July 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: You can actually confidently say God doesn't exist if he is fully defined. Can it be said that Zeus doesn't exist, or the Christian god for that matter?
I think you have to look at the big picture. God, as typically defined, is an unrestricted negative and cannot be disproven. It is only when the more cheeky theists actually get more specific in their metaphysical ramblings that their Gods become apparently false.
Also, I feel I can affirmatively assert that the Christian God isn't real.
But anyway, I see what you are getting at.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell