RE: There is no god or gods!
September 27, 2012 at 10:13 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2012 at 10:14 pm by Darkstar.)
(September 27, 2012 at 10:08 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(September 27, 2012 at 9:30 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Well, if you have the burden of proof for saying that god exists, and you cannot prove it, it is logical to conclude that he does not.
Is it? In that case where the burden of proof has not been met to establish a positive claim, the logical conclusion is that the burden of proof has not been met.
In other words, all that can be said is that the question remains unanswered.
It is reasonable and rational to withhold belief where the burden has not been met, but it is not so to conclude that the claim is falsified. Asserting non-existence is not the same as asserting non-belief, and as Dranu correctly states, bears it's own burden of proof.
Ergo, I am an agnostic atheist.
Better wording: "Well, if you have the burden of proof for saying that god exists, and you cannot provide any empirical evidence for it, it is logical to conclude that he almost certainly does not."
I am a strong atheist because I believe that the concept of god is so ridiculous that the chance of him existing is too small to matter, in leiu of actual evidence.
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