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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

You're allowed to be atheist of course, but do you have any more proof that there are no gods than they have that gods exist?

EDIT: Y'all can have your opinion, no one's questioning that. You're allowed to believe there are no higher powers, but I'm not allowed my personal belief that there is?? Not one person has provided proof that there is no Higher Power. Grow up....

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Careful, many online atheists don't understand that they have to prove a negative. That they have to prove the assertion: "There is no god."

The default position is that there is yet insufficient evidence to draw a conclusion.

Edit: Thank you for the downvotes, you have provided me with further evidence that online atheists don't understand that they have to prove a negative. Your butthurt fuels me.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Are you implying that a negative categorically cannot be proven?

Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No. A negative can be proven. It's done all the time in science and mathematics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_impossibility

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ok, just verifying that that fallacy wasn’t the crux of your argument

Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

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