Exactly, and I requested a citation. And I am locally famous for being lazy, ignorant, and stupid, but inasmuch as you're not from here, your only justification for adducing any of that is projection. And there is some evidence for that: you apparently are too lazy to respond appropriately to a fair request, apparently too ignorant to know that it's a fair request, and apparently stupid enough to suppose it will pass as "well-played."I gave you the name of an author — LD Saunders
If there is no evidence for or against the existence of X, then there is a 50 percent chance that X exists. — Ryan B
There is no evidence for or against the existence of fairies, therefore there is a 50 percent chance that fairies exist. — Ryan B
You’re changing the terms of your argument on the fly. You originally said, “Whether God exists or not is a boolean question. With no evidence either way, its correct to assign a 50%/50% outcome.”
So, by your own logic, you cannot adjust the rate up or down without evidence, which keeps you stuck at agnosticism.
But then, in your latest response, you state that there is evidence for god’s existence after all but no evidence for his non-existence, a convenient position to hold if you tend toward theism. — Ryan B
I would ask, what evidence is there that fairies do not exist? If anything, it’s the fact that fairies have never been seen or reliably documented, which is the SAME evidence against the existence of god. — Ryan B
The Big Bang is not evidence for god any more than it is evidence for fairies — Ryan B
Also, the prime mover argument has so many flaws that it hardly counts as evidence for god’s existence, either. I wrote about the first cause argument here — Ryan B
Then what piece(s) of evidence would ever get you to adjust the probability in favor of god’s nonexistence? — Ryan B
Whether God exists or not is a boolean question. With no evidence either way, its correct to assign a 50%/50% outcome. — Devans99
The right attitude, pending further clarification, is Pyrrhonic scepticism — tim wood
...before you apply any such logical tools, you need to know what it is you're applying them to, yes? If so, tell us what (who) God is. — tim wood
I define God as the creator of the universe and try to establish his existence and attributes from that premise. — Devans99
An all-powerful god has restrictions regarding travel speed??? — Ryan B
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