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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Okay... Reading posts like this one drive me absolutely insane...
1.) You speak of the scientific method, do you? Well, I've said this over and over and over again in the past, but one more time can't hurt. Did you know that a lack of evidence for existence isn't the same thing as evidence of non-existence (Probably not). A lack of evidence for existence is, simply put, a lack of evidence for existence. If you believe that God doesn't exist because science has never observed him, then you'd also agree with this statement: "Aliens don't exist because we've never seen one."
2.) Anyone with an introductory course in logic would be able to tell you that there's nothing illogical about a belief in God. For as long as you accept that He exists, then any argument you could possibly make about God existence would always-- ALWAYS-- Be true.
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Funny... post like this drive ME insane
1) How can you say its logical to believe that something exists if it has never been observed, and has absolutely no evidence what-so-ever to back up the hypothesis, despite our best efforts to find any? I'll mention the tired old cliche of the flying spaghetti monster. What reason is there to believe in it? Lack of evidence for the existence of something either means we haven't looked for any, or there just isn't any that we can observe with our modern resources. In the either situation, its pretty clear that to believe in your hypothesis, with unwavering devotion, is pretty irrational.
As for your aliens statement.. no I wouldn't agree with it and its consistent with my thoughts on god. We can observe life. Earth is filled to the brim with it. We seem to be getting somewhere in understanding how it all came about. The universe is a ridiculously, absurdly large place, at least from our perspective. Its not unreasonable or illogical to assume that the same processes and conditions that allowed life to begin on this planet, can and quite possibly exist elsewhere in the universe. The fact that life flourishes on this planet is good enough evidence to consider the possibility of life on other planets as well. Anyone who claims to know the nature of life that may possibly exist elsewhere in the universe, either knows something I dont, or is talking nonsense and can safely be ignored
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The religious are the ones making the extraordinary claims.. its up to them to prove their claims. I dont think its reasonable at all to be offended or surprised if some people don't see a reason to entertain the idea, at all.
2) I disagree.
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For as long as you accept that He exists, then any argument you could possibly make about God existence would always Be true.
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You still have to make the "leap of faith" to accept his existence in the first place. Any way you look at it, a person must consciously decide to accept a belief in god and it isn't rational. Not that I'm judging anyone here... everyone acts irrational, or makes irrational choices from time to time, even if we try not to. Impulses and emotion get the best of any of us.