XPost: alt.philosophy, sci.logic, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: alt.atheism, sci.skeptic   
   From: sylvia@not.at.this.address   
      
   On 25/03/2016 12:35 PM, Evil Roy Slade wrote:   
   > Sylvia Else  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 25/03/2016 12:13 PM, Evil Roy Slade wrote:   
   >>> Sylvia Else  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Theists don't test their beliefs.   
   >>>   
   >>> Bullshit.   
   >>   
   >> The existence of God is not testable.   
   >   
   > That's beside the point, and it depends entirely on how you define   
   > testable, plus your unstated criteria for what constitutes evidence.   
   >   
   > I was once a theist and tested my beliefs, consequently I tossed all   
   > gods of all religions. So much for your emphatic declaration and the   
   > unthinking assumptions you support it with.   
      
   You may have decided that there was nothing to support your beliefs.   
   That's not the same as testing them.   
      
   There is no conceivable way to distinguish the existence of God from the   
   non-existence of God, because the "theory" of God does not make testable   
   predictions.   
      
   It is reasonable to take the view that there's no better reason to   
   believe in God than to believe in undetectable Unicorns, or anything   
   else that could be believed in but not demonstrated. A thinking person   
   might decide that there's no point believing in God therefore.   
      
   Most theists don't get that far, because they were too well   
   indoctrinated when they were children (a kind of child abuse, IMHO).   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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