Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!mako!tims From: tims@mako.UUCP (Tim Stoehr) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: response to anti-religious flame Message-ID: <19@mako.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 12:50:32 EST Article-I.D.: mako.19 Posted: Wed Mar 14 12:50:32 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 01:42:11 EST References: <692@hscvax.UUCP>, <824@hscvax.UUCP>, <583@pucc-h>, <811@dartvax.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 9 I agree, one cannot prove the non-existence of God, nor can one prove the non-existence of dragons, witches, vampires, tooth-fairies or Santa Claus. Would you consider me a logical person if I believed that all of the above existed? The real question is then "Why should anyone believe in the existence of God any more than in the existence of Santa Clause?" The only reason I can think of is the fact that one's parents (and others) are more persistent in TELLING one that God exists than in telling one that Santa Claus exists, despite all evidence pointing to the non-existence of both.