RE: Evidence God Exists
September 21, 2011 at 11:51 am
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2011 at 11:54 am by Rhizomorph13.)
(September 21, 2011 at 8:32 am)IATIA Wrote:(September 21, 2011 at 1:24 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:There is no way a god can exist.
That's a positive claim,and attracts the burden of proof. Let's see your proof.
I assert I do not believe due to lack of credible evidence. As unlikely as I think it may be, the Abrahamic God may be real. Like Dawkins, I'm about a 6.9/7 sure he is not,but not certain because I cannot prove god does not exist.
Absence of evidence is not proof of the nonexistence of a god of any kind.However, I think it's a fairly strong indicator for the nonexistence of the Abrahamic God with his ascribed [and mutually exclusive] infinite qualities.
A beginning is necessary which makes god caused. This god had to have a first action or first thought. What caused this first action or first thought?
A beginning is necessary? Yet another positive claim, what if God does not have a cause? It would be the black duck that proves your statement wrong. Also due to the casimer effect there are particles coming into being that appear to have no cause.
(September 21, 2011 at 1:24 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:There is no way a god can exist.
That's a positive claim,and attracts the burden of proof. Let's see your proof.
I assert I do not believe due to lack of credible evidence. As unlikely as I think it may be, the Abrahamic God may be real. Like Dawkins, I'm about a 6.9/7 sure he is not,but not certain because I cannot prove god does not exist.
Absence of evidence is not proof of the nonexistence of a god of any kind.However, I think it's a fairly strong indicator for the nonexistence of the Abrahamic God with his ascribed [and mutually exclusive] infinite qualities.
Great points Pad. I feel the same way and try to avoid burdening myself by making positive claims about God. I will assert that I have stopped scanning the sky looking for teapots. There might be one, but since there is no proof that it has any effect on my life, I don't worry about it.