Posted: Jul 26, 2018 3:41 am
Keep It Real wrote:Sendraks wrote:Yes, it is shown that there is no Loch Ness monster.
Right then; so what's the difference between believing there is no Loch Ness monster and believing there is no god? ie:KIR wrote:
There is no god is again an evidenced position. The planet earth and it's astronomic neighbourhood exists. It has been scoured from top to bottom (NB to any reasonable level of resolution; much as with the "top to bottom" scouring of Loch Ness). There is nothing there that fits the description of god, nor any evidence of god's (Nessie's) actions. The positive claim of god's existence is disproven.
Unlike the mythical Loch Ness creature, the putative god is undefined. There is no way to exhaustively test his existence. In fact, there is no way of testing the existence of a supernatural, invisible being at all.
No. Unlike the existence of a supernatural being that created the universe, the existence of half a kilo of margarine in your refrigerator or Nessie in her Loch can be tested. No scientist has come up with a device that could check in every nook and cranny of the universe, let alone detect a supernatural being if there were one.
I am happy saying that I'd believe in the existence of a supernatural being that created the universe if a test could be devised and convincing evidence for the existence of such a being was produced as a result of it. Until then I am happy to say that I lack of such a belief.