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In reply to the discussion: The Cosmological Argument. [View all]

Cuthbert Allgood

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15. I disagree. I don't believe that unicorns exist.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:15 PM
Jan 2018

Put a unicorn in front of me and a biologist that confirms it isn't just a horse with a horn implant, but actually whatever species we would call the unicorn, and I'd believe. Pretty simple.

Apply that to gods (which seem to have become the focal point of this discussion) and it would be the same thing.

The Cosmological Argument. [View all] Voltaire2 Jan 2018 OP
EVERY philosophical argument... yallerdawg Jan 2018 #1
Ok that is a rather naive perspective. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #2
Heard this quote on Criminal Minds TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #3
belief and non belief are not equivalent positions. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #4
Rebuttal TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #9
Ah I see that you are using belief as Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #11
That's a cute quote, but really, it's false. Mariana Jan 2018 #5
If compelling evidence came to mind... TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #6
It would not be faith. Mariana Jan 2018 #7
Yes, thanks TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #8
I have no dogma. Mariana Jan 2018 #10
I looked up the exact quote TwistOneUp Jan 2018 #12
For those who don't believe, proof can change that. Proof is definitely possible. Iggo Jan 2018 #13
Still prejudiced against non-believers. trotsky Jan 2018 #14
I disagree. I don't believe that unicorns exist. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2018 #15
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