RE: Atheism, Theism, Science & Philosophy
April 30, 2013 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: April 30, 2013 at 11:37 am by The Reality Salesman01.)
(April 23, 2013 at 6:52 am)Love Wrote: The only real possibilities are: a person is going to believe me, a person is going to disbelieve me, or a person is going to reserve judgement.You cut that third option short... You seem to be under the impression claims without evidence at all are equally unverifiable as a claim without immediate available evidence. A claim about owning a bike is a bit different than the unfalsifiable claim of a God.
At least we have..
1)The Bike
2) A civilization comprised of individuals that commonly purchase and ride bikes
3) Individuals that are capable of investigating from an unbias perspective and discovering evidence in favor of one of the two people making the claim.
Ultimately we can examine the validity of both claims by an assessment of all the information, and make an educated decision based on the claim that is most consistant with that of an individual that owns the bike in question. Owning (possessing legal custody of something) a bike (a two wheeled pedal operated vehicle) is a falsifiable claim. A God (insert definition here) claim is quite different.
[EDIT] I believe the analogy your searching for begins like this:
"Suppose I claimed I knew the tooth fairy..." #jstrodel
