Evidence for God. As Carl Sagan said, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
For that matter I have seen no ordinary evidence that supports the existence of a deity. What is it. And have alternative explanations been advanced and dismissed? The thing is that its very much like Bertram Russel's teapot orbiting a remote star, or the Invisible Pink Flying Unicorn. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:57 PM, William Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "No evidence would require "faith." Lack of evidence for the existence of >> god logically leads to the conclusion god does not exist. Find some >> evidence." >> >> Who said there is no evidence for God? > > There is? Where? > >> "Your supposition is that atheists should be required to prove a negative?" >> >> I am not asking anyone to prove anything. Atheist don't have to prove >> squat. They can be just like the Europeans who did not believe black swans >> existed. > > >> "Only because it makes the religious feel better to do so." >> >> Or maybe because it does fit since it is faith based. > > You don't need "faith" to be atheist, the mountainous *lack* of > evidence supporting the existence of "god" is reason enough. > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
