jcarl: Ok I'll go with that and rephrase my premise: does lack of evidence make theism irrational?
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M*W: Yes, because if there were a God, we would all believe in it, and there would be no gray areas. Humanity would believe in One religion not a gazillion. If there were a God, there would need not even be religions to worship all the different gods. But, it's easy really, there is no God.
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jcarl: Sounds like hard agnosticism, that we cannot know one way or the other. How do we know we can't know?
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M*W: If there were a God, it could be proven without argument. It would be obvious and real. Man would not question the existence of God. But, because there's doubt -- there is no God.
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M*W: Yes, because if there were a God, we would all believe in it, and there would be no gray areas. Humanity would believe in One religion not a gazillion. If there were a God, there would need not even be religions to worship all the different gods. But, it's easy really, there is no God.
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jcarl: Sounds like hard agnosticism, that we cannot know one way or the other. How do we know we can't know?
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M*W: If there were a God, it could be proven without argument. It would be obvious and real. Man would not question the existence of God. But, because there's doubt -- there is no God.