Ok Leon, I don't get it. A defendant is innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent. So God exists until He is proven not to exist. Making Sense....... You just contradicted yourself with your own example. Poorly put.
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Completely misunderstood. It's about something being considered unproven until it is proved:
Guilt has to be proven, in the absence of proof, it is assumed that there is no guilt.
God's existence has to be proven, in the absence of proof, it is assumed that there is no God.
Well, this guy used a bad example, and had a bad conclusion. When there is no proof either way, people can beleive what ever the hell they want. Since there is no proof that God Exists, or does not exist, you cannot say either one with absolute assurance. Thus, it is best to just beleieve what you want to beleieve, and not be an asshole about it.
*sigh* Poorly put indeed.
Typically, one assumes the negative (Bob did not commit a crime) until enough evidence is found to support the positive (Bob did commit a crime).
So by that logic, God does not exist until he is proven to exist. That doesn't mean you can't believe in a higher power, just that it isn't proven to exist.
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Using his own line to sum up this little chunk of gold:
"You just contradicted yourself with your own example."
oh, and btw you basically just said guilty until proven innocent, innocent until proven innocent.
God's just like the one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people-eater. I've never seen one, never heard one, never seen a photo of one ...so the default position is there's no such thing unless you have some evidence.
“Ok Leon, I don't get it. A defendant is innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent. So God exists until He is proven not to exist.”
God’s existence is not on trial in a court of law. Pissly poor analogy.
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