QuestioningMind
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These are not the options that are available to you regarding the possibility of a "God", however. As you have NO verifying evidence of any kind, for any of the many conceivable possibilities.
We all have a preference for verifying evidence. We just don't have the verifying evidence.
Except that no one is claiming that the Earth is flat, because we all have plenty of verifying evidence that it's spherical.
Sure, it's also how millions of addicts and alcoholics get clean and sober. And how billions of horribly abused, bereaved, and defeated people find the will to go on living. And how billions of others find the will and reasoning to try to be good to others, even when doing so is not always good for them.
It's easy to cherry-pick examples to suit your theological bias. But for every example you pick, there are a thousand more that expose your bias for what it is.
Everyone does, until there is no verifying evidence. Then we have to go on intuition, courage, desire, faith, and the value resulting from action.
These are not the options that are available to you regarding the possibility of a "God", however. As you have NO verifying evidence of any kind, for any of the many conceivable possibilities.
PRECISELY! There is NO verifying evidence for any god, thus it is not reasonable to conclude that there IS any god. There is NO evidence that magical fairies exist, thus is is not reasonable to conclude that there ARE magical fairies. ANY claim that does not have verifiable evidence to back it up should be relegated to things that MIGHT POSSIBLY be, and NOT consider to be things that ARE, unless or until such verifiable evidence becomes available.
Except that no one is claiming that the Earth is flat, because we all have plenty of verifying evidence that it's spherical.
Educate yourself. Simply Google Modern Flat Earth Societies. Do the same on YouTube. You will find plenty of verifiable evidence for people claiming that the Earth is flat.
Everyone does, until there is no verifying evidence. Then we have to go on intuition, courage, desire, faith, and the value resulting from action.
Except that don't HAVE to go on intuition, desire, faith, or the value of resulting from action. When presented with a fantastical claim for which there is no verifiable evidence, rational people can choose to WITHHOLD belief until such evidence is presented. That way you don't end up with ignorant people claiming that the Earth is flat or that God wants them to kill in God's name.