Russell797
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2015
- Messages
- 4,394
- Reaction score
- 1,063
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Liberal
If you are saying "I do not know if gods exist or not"...we are simpatico.
If you are saying something other than that, chances are we are not in agreement.
I have difficulty understanding what you are saying with regard to the question: "Do gods exist or not?"
Here is my take on that question:
I do not know if there is a GOD or if there are gods;
I do not know if there are no gods;
I see no reason to suspect gods CANNOT EXIST;
I see no reason to suspect that gods MUST EXIST...that they are needed to explain existence;
I do not see enough unambiguous evidence upon which to base a meaningful guess in either direction...
...so I don't.
Why don't you put something out there as clear as that...so I can determine IF you are making an assertion where you incur the burden of proof.
My stance is I do not know if God(s) exist. We agree on that point.
I also do not know if they are possible or not. You don't know that either. Our conclusions are the same.
However, you try to justify your stance by saying that if they can't be proven impossible then they are possible. You will not consider yourself an atheist because you hold out some possibility that there could be god(s). If you didn't continue with that argument we would not have a disagreement. How can you prove something possible or impossible if you don't know the rules or even if there are any rules?
The difference between us is that you think god possible while I don't know and can't know if god is possible.
We are both agnostic toward god's existence but I don't think I can know anything about gods or their possibilities either. Also I am atheist because I can't actively accept something for which we have zero convincing evidence.