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Assumptions perhaps, but none I have to rationalize to myself on a daily basis and on chat forums.

Reality I don't think is an assumption though, except possibly in the philosophical sense.

Which is what makes it pretty damn obvious there are no gods.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov
US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)

Bugimus - you seem to be skirting the important part of the 'proof' issue.

No, science cannot disprove the existence of god.

But the inability to disprove is not of equal wieght with the inability to prove.

Using the fact that we can't disprove god to balance out the fact that you can't prove the existence of god simply doesn't work.

When there is a total void of evidence for the existence of something, it can reasonably said that it does not exist.

Using "you can't prove that" as refutation does nto further the argument any and is irrelevant.

Once again we go to the intentionally absurd: we cannot prove that our galaxy is not a snot molecule in the nose of a giant comet-farting hamster.
But we feel confident in saying that is not the case, and we would not under normal circumstances ask someone to prove that it is not the case.

You *must* understand that your notion of god does indeed fall under the same category.

And you must understand, as I stated above, that the inability to disprove and the inability to prove are *not* of equal weight.

^ Hey.... what happened to the penguin ? =)

(Edited by NoJive on 11-14-2005 00:29)

I wonder DL how many times your point has to be repeated before it sinks in?

Now, the jades of the world are simply incapable of accepting logic.

But damn it! Bug is otherwise, bloody well intelligent.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov
US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)

Bugs knows this and understands this, I am quite sure. He just likes to continually test the boards, I believe. At least, I hope so.

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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov
US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)