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Originally posted by CoolE
First of all Boobmaster, calm down.
Secondly, why is atheism so threatening to you? I have no absolute proof that there are no gods, as you seem to require of us atheists. But the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. There are something like 10,000 gods in human mythology (including Christianity and Islam), and yet not one single piece of verifiable evidence left by any one of them at any time. Doesn't that seem strange to you? Don't you think that a supreme being would be obvious; I mean how does such a powerful thing manage to stay hidden, and why would they? Where's the talking burning bushes? The giant footprints? If there is a supreme being why doesn't he just appear and put an end to the doubt? Isn't the total lack of evidence of the existence of any gods telling?
I have no proof that there are no gods, but I am fairly confident in my belief that they are bullshit. I read something a Christian once wrote that went like this: "I would rather be a Christian and then discover on my death that I was wrong and there really was no God, than be an atheist and discover on my death that I was wrong and there was a God and I have to burn in hell forever." That's exactly why I AM an atheist; I would rather risk burning in hell than be manipulated and bullied into turning off my brain and believing something for which there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever.
There are no gods. But post here if you come across any evidence, any at all.
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But there IS evidence, of an indirect nature (see my earlier posts). Direct evidence is impossible given the nature of the object of study. God is said in the bible to be 'spirit'. 'Spirit' is something which is undetectable by the senses. As a result, it is not an object which can be successfully studied by science. That is a far cry from saying it does not exist.
Humans are capable of hearing sounds within a specific frequency range. There are sounds which we cannot hear because they occur at higher/lower frequencies than what we are capable of processing.
Have you ever used a dog whistle? You blow on it but nothing seems to come out (i.e., you can hear anything). Dogs, however, will react to the whistle because they hear a sound. That sound is on a frequency higher than what humans can process.
We currently don't have the technology to 'discover' so-called spirits. This DOES NOT MEAN that they don't exist. Why is it so hard for you to following my reasoning?