The following discussion ensued on my Facebook page when I posted the following link to Atheist begins with the conclusion that “if something has no evidence you should assume it doesnt exist”.
A certain Fred Bert commented
I mean, why believe in something to exist if it has never been proven to have existed to begin with?
Religion has been in existence for thousands of years and up until now there’s no evidence of such deity. THOUSANDS OF YEARS. We can’t keep waiting (and hoping) that it’s true.
I, True Freethinker, replied
Contextualizing your comment: on Atheism there’s literally nothing wrong with believing in something to exist if it has never been proven to have existed to begin with.
Moreover, the very first step is for the Atheist to justify demanding proof (not evidence?) on their worldview.
Those are two things with which to deal before getting to your mere assertion that, “there’s no evidence of such deity.”
Fred Bert
THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITHOUT PROOF OR EVIDENCE (if you base it on religion). People can semantics their way out of it but the fact remains that it has never been proven. Plain and simple.
True Freethinker
Well friend, you clearly tapped out having run out of the Atheism 101 stuff you likely typically copy and paste from other Atheists.
I noted, “the very first step is for the Atheist to justify demanding proof (not evidence?) on their worldview. Those are two things with which to deal before getting to your mere assertion that, ‘there’s no evidence of such deity.’”
Since you’re literally incapable of dealing with that, unable to take the very first step (because your worldview is a collapsed failure) you ignore critical systematic thinking and merely double down on the mere assertion, “THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITHOUT PROOF OR EVIDENCE.” Now, the point is that since you’ve no justification for demanding proof or evidence, you’ve no justification for demanding it then the (alleged) lack of it is a non-issue and you can no longer complain about it.
Well, maybe Fred got the message since he no longer replied.
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