Saying that one can prove God's existence is shorthand for saying that the balance of evidence in favor of God's existence outweighs the evidence against God's existence. No one piece of evidence may prove it, but taken as a whole they may very well accomplish that task.
Atheists Austin Dacey and Lewis Vaughn write: “What if these arguments purporting to establish that God exists are failures? That is, what if they offer no justification for theistic belief? Must we then conclude that God does not exist? No. Lack of supporting reasons or evidence for a proposition does not show that the proposition is false.”
If he wants to demonstrate that atheism is true, an atheist would have to provide additional evidence that there is no God. He can’t simply say the arguments for the existence of God are failures and then rest his case."
- Trent Horn
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Aug 29, 1960
(Age: 64)
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Protestant Convert to Catholicism
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Male
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Tiber Swim Team - Class of '79
“There's nothing wrong with ignorance, per se. Ignorance with humility is harmless and curable, but ignorance combined with pride blossoms into arrogance, and is most often incurable, the patient being highly resistant to the only antidote.” - Jimmy Akin