Hi
First, the issue is not disproving the existence of god, but evaluating the
evidence in favour of the existence of god. That is what is so sorely wanting
in credibility. Certainly people are completely free to say they believe in
god despite the complete lack of any credible evidence for its existence, but
then they are completely free to say they believe in anything, of course.
Second, our confidence in the power of human reason to discern and explain the
workings of the world without appeal to the superstitious can perhaps be
labelled as "faith", but it is an earned confidence with much greater empirical
support than faith in supernatural beings. Specifically, empiricism and reason
have demonstrated innumerable times their ability to lead us to a deeper and
more accurate understanding of the world (including, I would argue, human
behavior and experience). Is it possible that this confidence will be
falsified at some point in the future ... about as much as that the world will
be found to be 6,000 years old, I would guess.
Take care
Jim
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>>> "Louis Schmier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03-Apr-07 6:13:42 PM >>>
Sure you can challenge the existence of god based on credible evidence, whatever
"credible" means. That is, if you have total faith in the power of man's mind
to know all
and have faith that there is nothing that is non-rational. At the same time, I
wonder how
many of you naysayers have heard of the Parmidides Proof.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
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