Should the negative be proven, that there is no higher power...or does it have to be the positive, that there is a higher power?
Of course, it is impossible to prove a negative. So really, could the 'prove there is no god' questions cease? Cause it's just not possible...you know? *sigh*
You can't prove something doesn't exist, you have to prove it does. Ya know?
Just thinking.
2007-10-24 16:08:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
see you guys are smart...why are other people so dumb?
2007-10-24 16:15:05 · update #1
I am with you my friend. The burden of proof always lies with the ones making the claim.
2007-10-24 16:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
The test of a scientific hypothesis is whether it can be "falsified" i.e. shown to be false under some set of circumstances. A specified attribute of a deity ( "I can be cured if I go to Lourdes" ) is a falsifiable hypothesis. Likewise, "my prayer will be answered". Usually, it will be answered in the negative.
Most assertions of existence of a deity, however, have various "outs" since "not all of the sick going to Lourdes will be cured even assuming Lourdes works " .
Thus, the concept of a deity is not a falsifiable hypothesis and, hence, is not a scientific issue. It clearly can't be proven nor can it be disproved and so must be considered apart from things which can be.
2007-10-24 16:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by LucaPacioli1492 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%. Xians don't get that they are in the same perdicament as ppl that claim they have seen ghosts, or they are pshycic, etc. Everyone accepts the fact that evidence needs to be provided in these situations to be considered real, yet xians believe that they are above this. So far no concrete evidence that ghosts exsist & even less on God.
2007-10-24 16:22:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of course you are correct about the burden of proof. But i will offer that it is possible to show a concept incoherent and thus false, and this is particularly the case with many concepts of a deity.
2007-10-24 16:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by neil s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its up to the person making the claim to prove their claim. you can't just make a claim and expect it to be up to others to disprove it. that's crazy. if that was the case then people wouldn't need to be proven guilty and i could say any crazy thing, like that i had a freind that was an invisible drgaon, and be believed in no one could prove me wrong. you make a claim, then you present your proof, then people can try to discredit your proof. that's how sane thought works.
2007-10-24 16:21:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is a question of faith. People believe or have faith things happen one way. Other people believe or have faith things happened another way.
Faith is not provable in this life. Theories of the beginnings will be just that, theories or guesses, until we are gone from this sphere.
You will never prove either side while in this body.
2007-10-24 16:15:35 · answer #6 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The burden of proof always lies on whoever is trying to convince someone else, regardless of logical burdens.
2007-10-24 16:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Joh 14:11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
I believe because the eyewitness testimony of Jesus life, ministry and miracles recorded in the gospels is convincing to me. Read them for yourself and see if they're convincing to you.
2007-10-24 16:32:25 · answer #8 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This question has been asked all the time and yes you are right the burden of proof is on us theists.
2007-10-24 16:14:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
It lies with those making the claim.
Is it up to me to prove I was abducted by aliens last Saturday night, or up to you to prove I wasn't?
2007-10-24 16:13:32 · answer #10 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋