I Believe in an Unfalsifiable God - Atheist Experience

A Christian caller explains that he believes in God because it's unfalsifiable, because he was brought up believing it, and because it gives him hope.

From episode 745 of The Atheist Experience

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[boliussa]

They are GENIUSes in talking to idiots

[spmcd2011]

@olantern you state ' there is not enough evidence to prove evolution'

That's because you are starting with a presupposition of the bible being correct.  There's sufficient evidence to believe it is most likely to be true. That's why it is taught as fact in schools and universities across the world.

[spmcd2011]

@olantern you state 'people have survived etc by prayers and we need no proof'

The reason you say we need no proof is because you have no proof. If you had proof you would present it to prove once and for all that there is a god. No proof of evidence is ever presented. It's just another piece of circular logic that the religious use.

[olantern]

@spmcd2011 people have survived etc by prayers and we need no proof cause the individual knows what happened to themselves. they need no proof to show you unbelievers . you accept no proof we give anyway and say its not proof, so why should we try to prove anything to you. i have and look where its got me. just go on believing what you like. i am done. you my friend are another hopeless lost soul.

[olantern]

@spmcd2011 there is not enough evidence to prove evolution to me and millions of others so i would say we have a good point. i accept sciences answers that i can see etc. but not its foolish ideas or how old the world is or its proof of evolution which is all silly nonsense to anyone that has a brain.

[olantern]

@spmcd2011 no my friend its more like this.... ignorance = atheist.

[spmcd2011]

@olantern you state 'as for praying when sick, yes many have become well by praying and not using drugs so again you are mistaken. '

Again please provide some evidence for that. There are plenty of examples of people dying after dying after refusing drugs or treatments. Even if people claim they got better after praying there's still no evidence for it. Natural remissions can occur whether people are religious or not. If you believe that god will heal you, throw out every drug in your house

[spmcd2011]

@olantern Try looking up Dr. Francis Collins who was director of the human genome project (he also happens to be an evangelical christian). His summary after the study was completed was that DNA alone provides sufficient evidence to support evolution.

[spmcd2011]

@olantern you state ' yes science has given the world alot but also has its weaknesses, like evolution.'

It's funny how you accept the sciences that don't conflict with the bible but question or reject those that do. Evolution is taught in schools as fact. That's because there is sufficient evidence to back it up. Also, there are plenty of religious people who accept that evolution is a fact.  It's only the fundamentalists who don't seem to.

[olantern]

@spmcd2011 yes viruses can mutate and change that is hardly proof that we came from some chemicals or whatever billions of years ago. do you know how silly that sounds? i guess not. you keep your science and see what happens after death ok? that is the ultimate proof your looking for. do not be too terrified when you find you were wrong. as for praying when sick, yes many have become well by praying and not using drugs so again you are mistaken. enough of this time wasting with you.