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Positive claims and atheists
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RE: Positive claims and atheists
July 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm
(July 10, 2012 at 12:27 pm)Jeffonthenet Wrote: People keep calling God an imaginary friend, a myth, and saying that believing in Him is like believing in Batman. However, by the standard of evidence that atheists seem to require of me, they say that positive claims require positive evidence. Now, saying that believing in God is like believing in Batman is a positive claim, so I ask, where is the evidence?

Believing in god is like believing in Batman because the only evidence that either exist is solely in the pages of books written by humans.

A belief in Batman and a belief in your deity are equally valid for that reason. Unless... can you provide some other evidence for the existence of either? If so, please do share, but I won't be holding my breath.
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Positive claims and atheists - by Jeffonthenet - July 10, 2012 at 12:27 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Kayenneh - July 10, 2012 at 12:29 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Cato - July 10, 2012 at 12:30 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Jeffonthenet - July 10, 2012 at 11:16 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Jackalope - July 10, 2012 at 11:27 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Jeffonthenet - July 11, 2012 at 12:17 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Jackalope - July 11, 2012 at 12:53 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Strongbad - July 11, 2012 at 2:42 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by KnockEmOuttt - July 11, 2012 at 3:15 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Skepsis - July 11, 2012 at 6:48 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Mister Agenda - July 11, 2012 at 12:51 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Cato - July 10, 2012 at 11:49 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Kayenneh - July 10, 2012 at 12:35 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 10, 2012 at 12:42 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Reforged - July 10, 2012 at 12:43 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Jeffonthenet - July 10, 2012 at 11:05 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 11, 2012 at 10:37 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Paul the Human - July 10, 2012 at 12:55 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Rhizomorph13 - July 10, 2012 at 1:17 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by FallentoReason - July 10, 2012 at 9:34 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Rhizomorph13 - July 10, 2012 at 9:49 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by FallentoReason - July 10, 2012 at 10:25 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Welsh cake - July 10, 2012 at 1:43 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by downbeatplumb - July 10, 2012 at 1:47 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Nine - July 10, 2012 at 1:51 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Kayenneh - July 10, 2012 at 1:53 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Nine - July 10, 2012 at 1:56 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Nine - July 10, 2012 at 2:19 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Erinome - July 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by padraic - July 10, 2012 at 7:22 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Anomalocaris - July 10, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Re: Positive claims and atheists - by NoraBrimstone - July 10, 2012 at 11:11 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Epimethean - July 10, 2012 at 11:41 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Minimalist - July 11, 2012 at 12:05 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by KnockEmOuttt - July 11, 2012 at 4:29 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Gambit - July 11, 2012 at 11:17 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 11, 2012 at 11:43 am
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by The Grand Nudger - July 11, 2012 at 1:39 pm
RE: Positive claims and atheists - by Paul the Human - July 11, 2012 at 6:49 pm

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