Forget God for a minute, but suppose I said there was a purple twinkie on Mars....?

Question

Who would have the burden of proof... me, or you (that thought I was nuts for believing it)?

Answer 1

hey dont mess with my twinkie!

Answer 2

you as others would not have to prove it existed there as no evidence of it natacherally existing would be found. could place one on Mars. could argue that twinkies exist on Earth. this though is supposing a future date when no one is aware twinkies existed. Could also do something like the twinkie draw up a ballot and vote for the twinkie of your choice as voting direct would make as much sense as having go betweens to speak for the twinkie. set up elections for a twinkie. voting exists on yahoo answers and in American Idol but for a Twinkie if system well set up would mean something.some people say it is not logical. fine but if all rules are applied to other candy bars and someone wants to replace Twinkies with say Mars Bars then at least if something is disliked about any of the candy bars then they can be rotated. limit them to certain terms.even a Twinkie must get tired of being there all the time. besides it would get stale unless replaced and with religious laws as the preservitives that the changes must be accepted as each candy bar has agreed then this should take care of it.

Answer 3

Well I spoke to my god ' the spaghetti monster' and he told me in a vision that there is no purple twinkie on mars, so that is all the proof I need!

Answer 4

Now, how does belief in a purple twinkie on Mars supposed to help me or you or other people? Belief in God, however, gives comfort. Does it really matter whether or not he exists? We self-delude ourselves in so many other ways, why does it bother you whether I or anyone else believe in God? Why that and not the fact that I try to wear stripes so I don't look fat? If someone wants to believe in God and listen to cheesy Christian songs and maybe even help other people while they are at it, I say more power to them. If they are wrong, who does it hurt? But where else do they have to go? People wants something in their lives. If God gives it to them, why do others have to question it?

And as for the statement that comes next, that religion has been so perverted and killed so many people, I dispute that. People have killed others in the name of religion, but, if it weren't for religion, people would find something else to dislike others about and to kill others about. A lot of the killing in the middle east is about clan warfare. People find differences in others rather easily. Most religions seek peace at the core. That someone like Bin Ladin misrepresents it doesn't mean Islam itself is bad. It says nothing about religion. It says something terrible about human beings.

Answer 5

Once you believe in god you can believe in anything