(July 28, 2010 at 5:33 pm)DR7164 Wrote: I think this is an argument that has probably been used a couple of times and is a favorite by a lot of atheists but here it goes anyways:
Why is it that your evidence points to God's existence?
I have a book here at my home that is even *older* than your book and it says that all of your evidence points to the existence of an alleged one-eyed-purple-people-eater, so what makes your evidence point to God's existence rather than the purple people eater's existence? But a one-eyed-purple-people-eater in the sky couldn't possibly exist right? That's just nonsense.
I'm not mocking, just using an example
Really? An even older book? All hail the one-eyed purple-people-eater in the sky!

'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
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'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln