RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 18, 2014 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2014 at 10:18 am by Chas.)
(April 17, 2014 at 7:48 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Believer: I believe in God.
Atheist: Why?
Believer: Because the fine-tuning of the universe for life is exponentially more likely on theism than on naturalism, and thus constitutes a strong probabilistic argument for theism. [This does in fact seem to be true]
No, it doesn't.
Especially since 'fine tuning' cannot be convincingly demonstrated.
(April 17, 2014 at 9:09 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(April 17, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Kitanetos Wrote: Believer: I believe in God.Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Atheist: You're wrong.
Believer: Why am I wrong?
Me: Because there is no proof that your god exists.
It is when the evidence should be there.
(April 17, 2014 at 9:27 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: But yes. Burden of proof arguments are trivial like you say. At the same time I think its disingenuous for some to rail against believers and hiding behind a facade of indifference. If they were simply nonbelievers then the appropriate position is agnosticism.
You continue to willfully ignore the definition of atheism - you are tiresome.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.