RE: Yes I pick on all religions.
September 13, 2014 at 5:34 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2014 at 5:35 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 13, 2014 at 5:21 pm)psychoslice Wrote: as I said you cannot prove there is no god, its that simple, just have the guts to admit that and leave it at that, and also that goes for the one who believes there is a god.
This is a logic 101 fail.
There are an infinite number of extraordinary claims that can't be proven not exist or be true. That doesn't mean they're worth considering.
You are accepting the burden of proof when it is not atheists' responsibility.
When is comes to existential claims, it is up to those making the claim to support it, it is not up to those rejecting the claim to prove it is not true.
And it certainly does not mean that the claim that a god exists, and the rejection of that claim have equal merit.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
