Posted: Jul 26, 2018 7:55 pm
Alan B wrote:Hermit wrote: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.
But then you would have evidenced-based knowledge which, as far as I'm concerned, would kick 'belief' (and 'non-belief') into the long grass.
Perhaps he intended "worship". Who knows? It's an old-fashioned concept of a deity, and practically implies one that is interested in people, otherwise, it won't be demanding worship. This old-fashioned deity was dreamed up by ignorant, superstitious people of long ago. Lacking belief in this slipshod old 'creator' concept ignores our knowledge of whence we inherit the notion of creator-deity, which is there in ancient scriptures written by pathetically ignorant goat-roasters.
More likely, he's just preparing a debating text for dealing with modern dumbass goat-roasters who really do believe in such a creator-deity, but I don't see any of those present in this thread. If one happens by, I've given my suggestions for saying something stronger than that in the meantime, one just "lacks belief" in the god-botherers' deity or deities, or variants they might throw at you after you've pointed out how unbelievable the goat-roaster deity really is.
It's almost cutting off one's nose to spite one's face to suppress the recognition of the kind of ignorance required to invent a creator-deity. Pining for old times, already brought up in this thread, is something one can only make excuses for.