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Scott Hebert said:
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The_Tauren13 said:
By the simple fact that god has never been physically detected in any way by anyone.
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That is the reason why YOU believe that God does not exist.
I can point to several thousand years of human history to show that people believed in the existence of God.
Also, people have claimed, numerous times and in numerous places (especially in the Judaic, Chritian, and Islamic faiths) that yes, God has been physically detectable.
These claims have been believed, in the main, for over 2000 years.
You claim that atheism, though, is the default position when discussing God. What you are doing, though, is simply rejecting the evidence that people have found.
Would you please restate your assertion in a way that does not simply dismiss the evidence as nonexistant?
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The Egyptians worshipped their gods for more than 2000 years. Longevity of a faith is not proof that you're right. People also make many many interesting claims. Some claim to be able to read minds. Some claim to be able to speak with the dead. Many believe those claims too. Sheer numbers of claims, or numbers of those who believe in them does not constitute valid evidence, either. Valid evidence is that which is measurable or quantifiable in some way. There is more evidence, and by far more solid evidence, for the existence of UFOs than for God. Yet, oddly enough, more people believe in God. It's not so odd when one understands that more people *need* or want to believe in God than they need or want to believe in UFOs.