RE: Q about arguments for God's existence.
February 1, 2015 at 12:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2015 at 12:14 pm by Dystopia.)
Actually it's not impossible. Let's imagine I claim there are no cats in my house - I document evidence, such as witnesses, videos, pictures, with time and dates assigned; theoretically, I can prove something doesn't exist.
Let's use a scientific hypothesis - I am claiming that there isn't a correlation between being tall and having a specific illness - I run tests on tall people and figure there isn't a higher prevalence of that same illness on them. Am I not proving, basically, that the correlation is non existent, and thus disproving something?
I disagree that you can't prove gods don't exist - If I point out illogical characteristics in the Christian god, for example, that proves he doesn't exist (Check out Epicurus' quote for further detail)
Also - There's a difference between saying "I don't believe in your claim of unicorns" and saying "unicorns are false" - The later option requires evidence because you are implying something doesn't exist (False is non existent)
Let's use a scientific hypothesis - I am claiming that there isn't a correlation between being tall and having a specific illness - I run tests on tall people and figure there isn't a higher prevalence of that same illness on them. Am I not proving, basically, that the correlation is non existent, and thus disproving something?
I disagree that you can't prove gods don't exist - If I point out illogical characteristics in the Christian god, for example, that proves he doesn't exist (Check out Epicurus' quote for further detail)
Also - There's a difference between saying "I don't believe in your claim of unicorns" and saying "unicorns are false" - The later option requires evidence because you are implying something doesn't exist (False is non existent)
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