RE: There is no god or gods!
September 27, 2012 at 8:35 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2012 at 9:02 pm by IATIA.)
(September 27, 2012 at 8:04 pm)Dranu Wrote: Forgive me if I am wrong, but I thought the stated point of the thread was to "elaborate on what possible proof there could be for the non-existence of any god or gods." I gave my answer (proof) in the first post in this thread that there is no such argument (and can never be) as it relates to God (the almighty) in the major religions.
Actually the question is, "Why do I have to substantiate a claim of non-existence of a deity when it is the theist making the positive claim?". Followed by, "What possible proof could there be for a negative?". Ergo, the Russell's Teapot example.
As to the revelence of the teapot to all of this, if I can prove there is no teapot, I can use the same technique to prove there is no god.
Reductio ad absurdum is a legitimate argument which is why any proof of the teapot's non-existence will probably fail and why (on one of many levels) your argument fails.
(September 23, 2012 at 3:01 pm)Dranu Wrote: You ask for the impossible OP, for God is necessarily possible.
I believe a 'Pink Unicorn' could possibly exist, therefore possibly a 'Pink Unicorn' does exist.
Na-nah na-nah boo boo!
Reductio ad absurdum.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
