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Cartoonist

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17. I can see that

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #16)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 05:30 PM

Feb 2020

I also see the humor in substituting the singularity for God. It's too late now, but I would ask him to prove the singularity exists as he describes it.

That's where the God argument fails as well. If one defines God as something ineffable, then what's the argument? However, if one goes on to describe God as a sentient being who likes sticking his nose in other people's business, then that requires a proof that has yet to be named.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. - Carl S.

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