Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: April 28, 2024, 7:14 pm
Atheist Forums › Community › Philosophy v
You can't prove a negative (parody)

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
You can't prove a negative (parody)
CapnAwesome Offline Donators
Donator
*****
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 5436
Threads: 138
Joined: September 6, 2012
Reputation: 58
#3
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody)
April 8, 2013 at 6:47 pm
The difference is that the universe can be measured and the results can be shown to you. God can't be measured. I think most people simplify this argument, it's not that you have to positively prove something to an individual. You have to show that something is capable of existing. Anything that exists can be measured in some way, whether that is light spectrum or electronic weight. Since most Theists agree that there is no way to measure God I think they would be better off just admitting that they believe in his existence on faith rather than even bother with the evidence.

It's really an oversimplification of the argument although I don't blame you, since most people using it over simplify it as well.
[Image: dcep7c.jpg]
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Philosophy v
You can't prove a negative (parody)

Messages In This Thread
You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 8, 2013 at 6:41 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Nine - April 8, 2013 at 6:45 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by CapnAwesome - April 8, 2013 at 6:47 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 6:59 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 7:13 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Godschild - April 9, 2013 at 2:11 am
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 9, 2013 at 9:49 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by catfish - April 10, 2013 at 5:10 am
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 10, 2013 at 2:35 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Godschild - April 10, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by catfish - April 8, 2013 at 7:32 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Darkstar - April 8, 2013 at 7:59 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Anomalocaris - April 8, 2013 at 10:06 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 8, 2013 at 10:16 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by Anomalocaris - April 8, 2013 at 11:45 pm
RE: You can't prove a negative (parody) - by MysticKnight - April 9, 2013 at 12:22 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  WLC: "You can't prove the negative" Fake Messiah 107 5517 February 25, 2022 at 9:57 pm
Last Post: Jehanne
  Prove honesty is virtuous! Mystic 15 1636 May 30, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Last Post: Brian37
  You can't prove to me you are an atheist. Knowledge of God 129 17679 June 29, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Last Post: Whateverist
  Negative thinking is better then positive thinking Gooders1002 6 1949 May 7, 2013 at 5:26 am
Last Post: KichigaiNeko
  Morality, Justice, Greatness - do these things prove God? Mystic 25 9745 March 5, 2012 at 1:20 am
Last Post: AthiestAtheist
  Proving The Negative little_monkey 1 1106 October 14, 2011 at 9:15 am
Last Post: Epimethean
  You cant prove a negative! The Grand Nudger 17 8152 July 6, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Last Post: BethK
  'Prove claims' question. Edwardo Piet 38 16535 December 17, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)