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Re: You can't prove existential negatives. Monotonous Mantra - 13/04/2004 04:34:02 PM

I swear, I just need to make a journal with this in it, and link people to it over and over.

You can't prove existential negatives. You can't "prove" that God doesn't exist... but neither can you prove that SANTA doesn't exist. That doesn't mean it's reasonable or logical to believe in God, any more than it is to do so in Santa. Negatives are assumed until positives are evidenced. It's the rational way.

Nor can you prove they do exist. If you can do neither there is no profound basis for refutation.

Furthermore, there's no difference between "I do not believe that there is a god" and "I do believe that there is not a god," aka "I don't believe in God." They're the same thing. There's no difference between not believing and believing not.

How does this pertain to my comments?

As far as you can tell, it just ain't true. God is not a testable scientific hypothesis one can disprove. There's no actual evidence, so it's not reasonable to believe in God.

That's what "faith" means - believing something without proof/factual evidence. If there is no disproof either then there is very little basis for refutation. The scientific approach can only be taken so far with regards to human beliefs and actions, seeing as how most decisions are based on knowledge and theory.

A "ball of matter" didn't just appear, and nothing actually exploded, by the way.

I suck at Physics - if you want to elaborate on this I guess it'd be informative (thanks in advance). However, in layman's terms the term 'explosion' comes to mind and seems to be used when referring to the Big Bang.



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Not everyone acknowledges the Pope. *NM* Vivien - 11/04/2004 06:15:07 PM 13 Views
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I forgive you. *NM* Vivien - 11/04/2004 06:43:04 PM 7 Views
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of course, that can be referred to my post lower on the board Gavroche - 11/04/2004 07:03:31 PM 26 Views
As to Catholics Alexandros - 11/04/2004 07:56:18 PM 23 Views
Shouldn't it be the other way around? The Logic Ninja - 11/04/2004 08:37:27 PM 36 Views
Of course not. Alexandros - 11/04/2004 09:34:38 PM 25 Views
You know... farmboy - 12/04/2004 04:25:25 AM 20 Views
Also, where did Caine's wife come from? The Logic Ninja - 12/04/2004 06:35:28 AM 25 Views
Exactly! farmboy - 12/04/2004 02:19:40 PM 16 Views
Wow, what an original point!!!! Green Gaidin - 13/04/2004 05:01:22 AM 12 Views
Demonsesese! *NM* Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:07:02 AM 6 Views
Mel Gibson's dad snoopster - 12/04/2004 05:27:41 AM 22 Views
Well, to be fair, Jews are not Christians... Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:12:03 AM 11 Views
Not my meaning snoopster - 15/04/2004 07:14:24 AM 5 Views
*arrives in a hijacked popemobile* chorabliss - 11/04/2004 07:15:03 PM 45 Views
Do you have some good papal history links? *NM* ÐragonForever - 12/04/2004 05:30:09 AM 7 Views
id reccomend reading books on it chorabliss - 15/04/2004 12:55:01 PM 5 Views
People that don't are mostly literal-believers. Alexandros - 11/04/2004 07:37:35 PM 24 Views
I feel that too many people are becoming Arian-type Christians. Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:16:48 AM 10 Views
are you really suprised? Mat Maniac - 11/04/2004 08:11:01 PM 31 Views
Please note The Logic Ninja - 11/04/2004 08:45:22 PM 26 Views
Re: Please note Mat Maniac - 12/04/2004 01:45:31 AM 15 Views
I agree. Evolution may be the method reason understands... Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 12:01:24 PM 8 Views
people prefer mysticism and faith to fact and science wads - 11/04/2004 10:41:41 PM 32 Views
Thought I was gonna have to disagree with you. Arok Manok - 12/04/2004 01:27:16 AM 30 Views
A snide response. The Logic Ninja - 12/04/2004 09:13:12 PM 14 Views
But there IS evidence. Just not published in Science journals. Green Gaidin - 13/04/2004 05:12:40 AM 14 Views
Geez. The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 08:00:07 AM 18 Views
The point of faith is that you don't need scientific proof. Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:39:14 AM 11 Views
You do realize The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 03:49:06 PM 13 Views
Science is based on sensible assumptions... Monotonous Mantra - 13/04/2004 11:49:54 AM 12 Views
He doesn't see it that way because he sees his faith as quantifiable. *NM* Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:54:47 AM 5 Views
Yeah, *sensible assumptions*, The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 03:13:43 PM 11 Views
But not proven Monotonous Mantra - 13/04/2004 03:15:50 PM 10 Views
Huh? The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 03:54:38 PM 12 Views
True Monotonous Mantra - 13/04/2004 04:05:10 PM 12 Views
You can't prove existential negatives. The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 04:22:17 PM 11 Views
Re: You can't prove existential negatives. Monotonous Mantra - 13/04/2004 04:34:02 PM 9 Views
See THEOLOGY for Reason in support of Faith. *NM* Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:53:43 AM 7 Views
Like what? The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 04:23:31 PM 7 Views
Next time you're in the barber chair... Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:19:52 AM 12 Views
You still don't get it. The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 03:09:56 PM 14 Views
Furthermore, the age of the world is a separate issue from evolution. *NM* The Logic Ninja - 12/04/2004 12:08:34 AM 9 Views
Not entirely. If a Christian found a way to prove the Earth was young Arok Manok - 12/04/2004 01:36:12 AM 23 Views
Yeah, but they're still two separate issues. The Logic Ninja - 12/04/2004 02:12:50 AM 17 Views
They are linked, and one requires the other. Arok Manok - 13/04/2004 11:43:43 AM 12 Views
No. No, not really. The Logic Ninja - 13/04/2004 03:51:51 PM 7 Views
*shrugs* Nebhead - 12/04/2004 06:19:05 AM 16 Views
I think it is silly to hold onto beliefs from a book written by , you kazetaran - 12/04/2004 10:31:13 AM 26 Views
it's not the catholics mierin sedai - 13/04/2004 03:55:14 PM 13 Views
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