While we can't absolutely prove that there is no god, the person making the extraordinary claim is generally the one who bears the burden of proof. For
instance if I claim that the reason socks get lost in the wash is an invisible pink unicorn, you can't prove that the invisible pink unicorn doesn't
exist, but that doesn't prove that it does either. In that case I'm the one making the extraordinary claim, and I bear the burden of proof.
What we can do though, is prove that much of what is presented in the bible as truth about the physical world is bunk. The earth is not flat, it is not
possible to climb a tall mountain and see all the nations of earth. The sky is not a beaten copper dish that covers the world, there are no 'waters
above' or 'waters below', a worldwide flood did not happen, all species were not created instantly in their present form, and the world was not
made in six days some 6,000 years ago.
The heavily politicized text of the oral history of a tribe of bronze age desert nomads is not, all things considered, the best guide to physics, biology,
chemistry and geology. Or even history really.
--
Yeah, I know some people believe in that whole "soul/afterlife/gods"
thing. Some people still believe in the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and
1-800 tech support lines, too.
-- Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes
instance if I claim that the reason socks get lost in the wash is an invisible pink unicorn, you can't prove that the invisible pink unicorn doesn't
exist, but that doesn't prove that it does either. In that case I'm the one making the extraordinary claim, and I bear the burden of proof.
What we can do though, is prove that much of what is presented in the bible as truth about the physical world is bunk. The earth is not flat, it is not
possible to climb a tall mountain and see all the nations of earth. The sky is not a beaten copper dish that covers the world, there are no 'waters
above' or 'waters below', a worldwide flood did not happen, all species were not created instantly in their present form, and the world was not
made in six days some 6,000 years ago.
The heavily politicized text of the oral history of a tribe of bronze age desert nomads is not, all things considered, the best guide to physics, biology,
chemistry and geology. Or even history really.
--
Yeah, I know some people believe in that whole "soul/afterlife/gods"
thing. Some people still believe in the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and
1-800 tech support lines, too.
-- Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes