I find it fascinating that so much time is wasted trying to disprove the existence of god, trying to rename god, making god everything unknown.
if this were a trial the burden of proof would be on the person making the most extraordinary claims. (borrowing from the pages of Sam Harris)
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If I were to make the claim that a tiny squirzel lived on my shoulder, and he was my protector, you would ask me to prove it.
How ridiculous would it be for me to ask you to disprove the existence of the squirzel on my shoulder? Really god and faith should be subject to the same burden of proof. If we are to survive in this new age where we are all brought closer together we need to change the way we tolerate religion by not tolerating ludicrous claims of “godly” books that are a dime a dozen, (and which promote everything from slavery to killing yourself for 72 virgins.)
It’s time for those who make the most ludicrous claims of god to step forward and bring logic into the debate. If I say I see no reasonable evidence to believe that the torah, quran, new testament, the resurrection of christ, etc, you’ve got to prove that there is substantial evidence to believe so. But really you can’t, and you won’t because those of you in this crowd believe the point of faith is not knowing logic or reasonable things about god just believing them on a whim.
Just something to provocate the crowd.