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"God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 20, 2016 at 11:03 pm
I'm not entirely understanding this.
Some atheists equate the probability of the existence of God to the probability of the existence of Unicorns. I understand this is because both of the supernatural creatures have no evidence of their existence and thus are extremely improbable, but some atheists use the "unicorn" argument for the justification for them saying God doesn't exist. Isn't that more of a cop-out? Thanks in advance.
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 20, 2016 at 11:28 pm
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Difference is what?
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 20, 2016 at 11:40 pm
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Exactly.
To try to answer, the claim that gods don't exist is a truth claim, and since supernatural crap is unfalsifiable, you can't prove that gods don't exist, which makes the claim unjustifiable by the marginal technicallity that even if you're right, you're only right by circumstance, not because you proved it. Which is why I don't make the claim, though I am thinking it very loudly.
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 20, 2016 at 11:53 pm
Glad to be of service.
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 21, 2016 at 12:00 am
The Bible says that Unicorns are real.
The Bible says that God is real.
I'm seeing a pattern here...
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 21, 2016 at 12:04 am
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Also that.
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 21, 2016 at 2:05 am
I don't think anything in the bible is worth a shit.
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RE: "God doesn't Exist just like Unicorns don't Exist?"
December 21, 2016 at 2:24 am
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Well, I think the point is that when someone says, "Unicorns don't exist", what they really mean is, "There is absolutely no credible evidence that Unicorns do exist, and as such it's perfectly reasonable to carry on like they don't exist". The same shorthand is applicable to "God", especially any very specific variety.
The point is also that people don't expect all these caveats with regard to unicorns, but they do with gods.
