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In reply to the discussion: Some atheists say that they believe there are no gods or deities. [View all]Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)10. The "no gods" idea really depends on the impossibility of proving a negative
There is some intellectual honesty in leaving the door open at least a crack. Then again, I also can't prove a little gnome doesn't run out and turn off the light when I close the refrigerator door either, but the odds do approach zero very closely. And it must be admitted that anything which is potentially divine has done such a brilliant job of playing hide-and-seek that trying to intuit what it wants is an act of pure folly.
Having said that, we can definitively say particular gods certainly do not exist. Cthulhu and the Jehovah Monster, for example. We can also clearly say that the non-existence of particular gods is an absolutely good thing. Like with Cthulhu and the Jehovah Monster again.
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Dogs think, "My human feeds me and cares for me. He must be a god."
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
#19
I'm not sure how pointing to the use of the word "believe" advances any religious argument.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
#14
Outside of the negative, "believe" is not my favorite word here either, FWIW
Pope George Ringo II
Jun 2018
#20
The "no gods" idea really depends on the impossibility of proving a negative
Pope George Ringo II
Jun 2018
#10