Why are you an atheist?
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HughMungus wrote:So because something hasn't been detected, it does not, in fact, exist?
Before answering that question, I would ask by what means could god be detected?
By subtle changes in our chemistry, making us feel loved and wanted?
We could disprove that.
By getting what we want after asking the sky for it?
We could show a cause and effect, but no god.
Its not so much that something hasn't been detected, but that it can not be detected.
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Then tell me how "refusing to answer my questions" is tied into "I'm ignorant".HughMungus wrote:You think I don't know what "ignorant" means. You must think very highly of yourself and very little of others. No wonder you can't admit that you might be wrong.Rob the Wop wrote:Where did I say everyone else is stupid?HughMungus wrote: My god you really think very highly of yourself don't you? Does it make you feel smart to think that everybody else is stupid?
Read book.
Reread thread.
You asked a question, I answered it. Multiple times.
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So you're not going to answer the question, either. Wow. I never knew until now that it's this easy to stump an atheist.bringer wrote:HughMungus wrote:So because something hasn't been detected, it does not, in fact, exist?
Before answering that question, I would ask by what means could god be detected?
By subtle changes in our chemistry, making us feel loved and wanted?
We could disprove that.
By getting what we want after asking the sky for it?
We could show a cause and effect, but no god.
Its not so much that something hasn't been detected, but that it can not be detected.
It's what you make it.
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I have reposted the answer.HughMungus wrote:And yet you can't just re-post the answer. How funny. I won't push you on it. Your house of cards might collapse and I don't want to be responsible for that.Rob the Wop wrote:Read book.
Reread thread.
The answers have always been before you grasshopper.
Multiple times.
It doesn't work with you.
Read book.
Reread thread.
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You refuse to answer my questions and/or simply re-post the answer and you say that I'm ignorant and you're not.Rob the Wop wrote:Then tell me how "refusing to answer my questions" is tied into "I'm ignorant".HughMungus wrote:You think I don't know what "ignorant" means. You must think very highly of yourself and very little of others. No wonder you can't admit that you might be wrong.Rob the Wop wrote: Where did I say everyone else is stupid?
Read book.
Reread thread.
You asked a question, I answered it. Multiple times.
You never answered it. If you had you would post the answer again instead of telling me that you already answered it. You can't even tell me which page. And you probably think you're smart.
It's what you make it.
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Which page is the answer on? Gee, I wonder what your answer will be THIS time.Rob the Wop wrote:I have reposted the answer.HughMungus wrote:And yet you can't just re-post the answer. How funny. I won't push you on it. Your house of cards might collapse and I don't want to be responsible for that.Rob the Wop wrote:Read book.
Reread thread.
The answers have always been before you grasshopper.
Multiple times.
It doesn't work with you.
Read book.
Reread thread.
It's what you make it.
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So you have a belief system but you can't explain it to others, YOURSELF. How funny.Rob the Wop wrote:Read book.HughMungus wrote:
Which page is the answer on? Gee, I wonder what your answer will be THIS time.
Reread thread.
You were told on multiple pages, by multiple people.
Gee, I wonder what answer will be utterly ignored this time.
It's what you make it.
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Which one? Repost it and I'll answer it again. Unlike some people, I can actually explain why I believe what I believe.bringer wrote:So you're not going to answer the question, either. Wow. I never knew until now that it's this easy to stump an atheist.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
you didn't answer mine either.
It's what you make it.
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I don't know. But that we can't detect god does not mean that he doesn't exist just as our current inability to prove that aliens exist does not mean that aliens do not exist. This wraps back around to my un-answered question: if you can't disprove anything, how can you believe that god does not exist? You can't disprove it and you can't prove it so how do you end-up with "God does not exist"?bringer wrote:HughMungus wrote:Which one? Repost it and I'll answer it again. Unlike some people, I can actually explain why I believe what I believe.bringer wrote:...by what means could god be detected?
It's what you make it.
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I understand the logic of your argument. Keep in mind though, that if that rock miraculously got up and walked across the water, it would still not prove it's "divinity" under your definition.
There are people that worship all kinds of things, rocks and all. Are they stupid? Less informed than I? I just can't be narcissistic enough to think I have the only answer.
There are people that worship all kinds of things, rocks and all. Are they stupid? Less informed than I? I just can't be narcissistic enough to think I have the only answer.
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I never called anyone stupid.mojo wrote:I understand the logic of your argument. Keep in mind though, that if that rock miraculously got up and walked across the water, it would still not prove it's "divinity" under your definition.
There are people that worship all kinds of things, rocks and all. Are they stupid? Less informed than I? I just can't be narcissistic enough to think I have the only answer.
Maybe they are less informed. Worshiping a plane because you don't understand Bernouli's principals is an example.
I don't have the only answer, either. Nor do I claim to, but until proven otherwise, I think its the only answer that makes sense given our current understanding of the universe.
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I'm not asking you to disprove god. I'm saying, "If you can't disprove anything, how can you say there is no god?" I'm asking how you arrived at "There is no god". Do you have proof that there is no god or do you simply not believe in it because you've never experienced it?bringer wrote:Okay, Hugh.
A simpler question... er... set of questions.
What does this god that you wish me to disprove do?
What are his attributes?
What are his powers?
why is he god?
It's what you make it.
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With that, I think another whiskey is in orderHughMungus wrote:I'm not asking you to disprove god. I'm saying, "If you can't disprove anything, how can you say there is no god?" I'm asking how you arrived at "There is no god". Do you have proof that there is no god or do you simply not believe in it because you've never experienced it?bringer wrote:Okay, Hugh.
A simpler question... er... set of questions.
What does this god that you wish me to disprove do?
What are his attributes?
What are his powers?
why is he god?