"God cannot be proven to exist, therefore he DOES exist"

Taverner

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Fri Feb-02-07 04:28 PM
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"God cannot be proven to exist, therefore he DOES exist"

"...it says so in the bible!"

I just got that argument today - lather, rinse repeat philosophy always makes me laugh

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Hosnon

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Fri Feb-02-07 05:08 PM
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1. Just to point out, THIS is where the phrase: "That begs the question."

Edited on Fri Feb-02-07 05:11 PM by MJDuncan1982

would be appropriate.

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Lethe

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Fri Feb-02-07 05:18 PM
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2. i got a similar line from a friend once

Edited on Fri Feb-02-07 05:19 PM by ikhor

and then it eventually evolved into...."you can't disprove god so he must exist"

well thats great because i happen to worship an invisible giant 4 eyed badger that lives in the center of the earth and you can't disprove him so he must exist too!

and that begs the question......Can the Flying Spaghetti Monster create a pasta spoon so big that he is unable to serve himself on a plate with it?

(well it really doesnt beg the question i'm just retarded)

:crazy:

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Deja Q

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Fri Feb-02-07 05:27 PM
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3. I love your sig pic!

:loveya:

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Ariana Celeste

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Fri Feb-02-07 05:49 PM
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4. What?

:wtf:

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MoseyWalker

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Fri Feb-02-07 05:59 PM
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5. LungLovers Cigarettes exist

someone go find me a pack. If you can't find one, then that means that, dammit, they exist.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Fri Feb-02-07 06:19 PM
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6. That must mean that if something CAN be proven to exist, it doesn't.

So what the heck were you doing talking with a figment, eh? ;-) :toast:

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YellowRubberDuckie

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Fri Feb-02-07 07:21 PM
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7. In that kind of argument...

Using the bible as a reference totally makes them lose the argument.
Duckie

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Sat Feb-03-07 09:24 PM
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8. Christians and logic just don't go together. It's part of their theology.

"You can't prove a negative" and "you're using the No True Scotsman fallacy" fall on deaf ears.

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philosophie_en_rose

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Sat Feb-03-07 09:36 PM
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9. "An atheist does not know that God exists."

:eyes:

The most difficult thing is that this sort of theologian believes that everyone revolves around their religion. As if their religion matters at all to "heathens" and unbelievers.

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WindRavenX

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Sat Feb-03-07 09:36 PM
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10. holy leaps of logic batman!

:crazy:

Ask 'em why God hates amputees.

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BlueStorm

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Sun Feb-04-07 12:36 AM
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11. Huh? What in the world?

What kind of circular illogical reasoning is this?

How can something that is not proven to exist, exist?

If something isn't proven to exist, would that be a question of whether or not it does or doesn't exist.

Blue

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idgiehkt

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Sun Feb-04-07 12:38 AM
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12. well, that is a certified brain-breaker

I can't think of a single thing to say in response to that, it's like a fucking koan or something.

:rofl:

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SPKrazy

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Sun Feb-04-07 12:42 AM
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13. Leprachauns cannot be proven to exist; therefore they do exist!

I'm lost Taverner

WTF kind of people do you argue with? The mentally challenged? Isn't that a bit unfair?

:rofl:

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struggle4progress

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Sun Feb-04-07 12:43 AM
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14. Nothing logically wrong with "X can't be proven, therefore X is true"

In the early 1930's, Kurt Godel correctly made exactly such an argument -- and thus became the most important logician of the twentieth century

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