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> God cannot be proved or disproved

Incorrect. Why would you think not? After all, you can see God, pet God, and even show him to others. However, it may be that you are not referring to the Great Dane named God I read about online. It may be that, rather than assuming I'd know to which "God" you were referring (is there a reason you would assume such?), you meant ideas of supernatural gods cannot be proved or disproved, and on that I would agree. Of course, the problem is that such an axiom isn't limited to gods; there are all sorts of things that can't be proved or disproved including unicorns, invisible fairies, and even a magical whale named Brutus that wears a smoking jacket and is said by some (like me) to be a candidate for creator of the universe. My belief that Brutus may exist is safely beyond challenge, and that's fine. However, I would not impose any actions conveyed to me by Brutus, as I understood them, on others. If I did so I would hope someone like Professor Dawkins would show me why it was wrong to assert (and act on) any positive position that Brutus exists, rather than remain neutral until actual proof was forthcoming.




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