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Nitram

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2. I disagaree with your idea that "The flip side of this is the claim that one or more gods do not

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 08:52 AM

Nov 2018

exist is no more extraordinary than the claim that Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster does not exist." Neither Bigfoot nor Nessie are believed to be omniscient or all-powerful. That makes their existence a great deal more probable than the existenct of a super-natural being.

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Are all unprovable claims equal? [View all] Major Nikon Nov 2018 OP

That's a math-question. DetlefK Nov 2018 #1

Yes, when you get down into the philosophical weeds, language functions in a very different way. Nitram Nov 2018 #3

I disagaree with your idea that "The flip side of this is the claim that one or more gods do not Nitram Nov 2018 #2

You are almost saying the exact same thing Major Nikon Nov 2018 #5

For most religionists, only one of the many unprovable claims MineralMan Nov 2018 #4

Most of them have many unprovable claims even within their respective belief systems Major Nikon Nov 2018 #6