• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Because there’s no proof, no evidence. Every piece of ‘evidence’ has been “trust me, bro”.

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        4 months ago

        What ‘both sides’?

        One says, “gods exist, trust me (and my personal experiences without hard verifiable evidence).”

        The other side says, “I don’t believe you, prove it.”

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          You’re forgetting the response from the theist.

          Theist: God exists.

          Atheist: I don’t believe you.

          Theist: How can you not believe me? You have no evidence, therefore my God exists.

          Atheist: …

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            That’s effectively trying to prove a negative, which is nigh impossible.

            Also, it’s commonplace for a believer te be unable to empathize with a nonbeliever: it’s unfathomable to them that non-belief could be possible.

            It’s akin to a person with loving parents to ever consider that their parents could be unloving, their minds can’t comprehend it.

            So the believer goes about life thinking everything is a belief, even atheism. Which is an incorrect assessment.