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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
To say for certain there is no diety is as much of a leap of faith as to say there is one... as I said before, Ive seen an interview when Dawkin's withdraws under pressure to saying there is no evidence for God and God is essentially unknowable, that he doesnt believe in God, but he would be happier to find himself wrong when he died.
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This is patently false. In a sense, most things that you can think of cannot be proven. Is it reasonable to believe them all? Surely not...
The claim that there is a god is a proactive one. If you believe that He exists then shouldn't you have a good reason to do so? I believe in invisible pixie faries and there's nothing you can do to disprove that. However, there are few people, even among the religious ones, who would think that that belief was reasonable...
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To say that a lot of churches have done a lot of fucked up things and that the fear of death is universal is a pretty weak statement in terms of solid belief, but I think its all anyone can be left with who wants to be an athiest. Active disbelief in the unknown isnt much different to belief, otherwise.
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Again, this is false. Active disbelief in the unknown is the only reasonable course of action, especially considering how much is unknown.
Now, you must put this into context since, taken literally and universally, what I just said isn't exactly true. I was hoping to save this for its own thread but I'll discuss a little bit of it, here. Someone comes into town saying that an army is marching towards us. I have no way of immediately proving or disproving this claim. Do I automatically disbelieve it? Well, unlike God, there's really nothing amazing about there being an army. However, which army would this be? Is it so amazing that one would come marching towards my town? What do I think of the person making the claim?
The claim that there is a god is fantastic. The stories in the Bible are ludicrous and not believable. There is no reason to believe in God so it is perfectly reasonable to not do so. Richard Dawkins is a raving zealot but his claims are sound...