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From: tims@mako.UUCP (Tim Stoehr)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: response to anti-religious flame
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Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 12:50:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 14 12:50:32 1984
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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.