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In Reply to: Re: Calling all Heretics posted by Jeffree Gilbert on December 10, 1998 at 14:53:20:
This is fun.
You seem to have mis-read a few of my comments, or perhaps I have just not made myself clear. First of all, you are right, I have never seen a black hole or Pluto, or any other other things you mentioned, but you know what? SCIENTISTS have proved that these things do in fact exist. There is proof behind it. There is a reason to believe that these things are out there. I have not yet heard of any scientists that have given any proof that God exists. Have you? The science behind these things may be over my head, but surely you don't think that these people with Phd's are going to lie to us, do you? The theories are tested by hundreds of people before it is ever presented to people saying "guess what, there is this thing out there called a black hole" surely they dont' want to come out looking like idiots, so they are going to test it fully before making such a claim.
I don't invest faith in things that are baseless. They have all been proved deeply. People search for truth and education everyday, and that requires us all to search through the "bullshit" and find the truth.
And my final complaint with your argument is one that I have already made. You say that we can not disprove God and therefore we must believe in him. So, if I tell you that there is a huge pink elephant about to sit on you, are you going to believe me? Surely not! That would be rediculous. You have no reason to believe that an elephant is going to sit on you, and so you are not going to believe it, no matter what I tell you. We can't simply take things on blind faith, or because someone tells us to believe it. We must find the truth, not just believe what we are told.