Group: alt.religion.christianity · Group Profile
Author: RalphRalph Date: Jun 15, 2008 12:20
"Andrew" macunlimited.net> wrote in message
news:200806150920098930-thecroft@macunlimitednet...> On 2008-06-15 00:57:07 +0100, "Ralph" yahoo.com> said:
>>>
>> "Andrew" macunlimited.net> wrote in message
>> news:2008061421015727544-thecroft@macunlimitednet...>>>> In alt.religion.christian, Bill M bellsouth.net> wrote:>>>>> Andrew, the answer is quite simple. Because there is NO objective
>>>>> verifiable
>>>>> evidence for the existence of god that is evidence it does noy exist
>>>>> except
>>>>> in peoples imaginations.
>>>>
>>>>> Get an education in logic.
>>>>
>>>> Follow your own advice. Here you claim that a lack of evidece is
>>>> evidence
>>>> of lack.
>>>>
>>>> See, e.g., the article on Argument from Ignorance on WikiPedia.
>>>
>>> Indeed. I've been trying for years to get Bill to understand that
>>> absence
>>> of evidence is just that - an absence of evidence. It cannot be
>>> reconstructed as evidence for the opposite position.
>>
>> Yeah, that is what every theist in the world states. That is enough to
>> make
>> reasoned persons wonder.
>
> We say it because it's logically true. It's not just theists - it's anyone
> who has even a smattering of a grasp of logic,.
I have a smattering of logic. That is why sometimes when I read your posts I
wonder how you could post such garbage but then I keep forgetting than you
are a born-again theist.
Given an argument that because there is no evidence for a proposition
doesn't provide evidence for the non-existence of that proposition. Given an
argument from a theist that god exists and he has these
qualities..blah...blah...blah, it would be reasonable to expect evidence for
this deity to exist. Looking for this evidence in all places one would
reasonably expect to find such evidence and finding none, would be a strong
indication that this deity doesn't exist.
I am an agnostic to all deities except those who have left their 'holy
books'. I am an atheist to those who draw their existence from flawed
writings.
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