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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

The claim is not "there is no god".

The claim is that there is a god, or multiples of them

There's no need to claim that there is no god? It doesn't make any sense to try to prove something like that. A claim requires evidence, extraordinary claims requires extraordinary evidence.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    For example many people think that "there's no gods, and theistic religions are harmful to our society"

    The claim is not "there is no god".

    I don't know that to tell you. This seems internally inconsistent.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, "there's no god" is not a claim, it's just the logical conclusion from all of this.

    It's like concluding that daddy long legs didn't evolve from a Chinese dragon

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    "there is no god" is definitely a claim. It can be falsified with evidence (in theory. I don't think such evidence exists).

    Perhaps you mean "I don't believe there's a god" or "I haven't seen evidence to convince me there's a god"? Those aren't claims. Those can't be falsified. They're opinions based on evaluation of evidence.

    But we're quibbling over minutia at this point.

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