Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david From: david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.religion Subject: evidence for the non-existence of God Message-ID: <892@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 12:37:59 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.892 Posted: Thu Mar 15 12:37:59 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 02:42:22 EST Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 27 [=<{!(*)!}>=] Tim Stoehr writes: > 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 Claus[e]?" 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. I'll bite. If, indeed, the only reason anyone believes in God is that others are persistent in telling them God exists, I would think that Christianity would have died out a long time ago. Many people are stupid, but not that stupid. They usually require *some* shred of evidence besides a lot of verbiage; else, we have no way to account for those devout atheists who, after serious study, become Christians. What do you suppose convinced them? I am interested in hearing "all evidence pointing to the non-existence" of God. And, let's move this discussion to net.religion. You will find support for your discussion there, as well as some armchair Christian apologeticians. -- David Norris :-) -- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david