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Originally Posted by calgaryrocks
of course you could look at the flipside, if the Christian God doesn't exist then Christians are wasting thier time and effort in the same fashion.
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I think you may be onto something with this.
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Originally Posted by jammies
The Christian God isn't demonstrably false - it could simply be that He is not benevolent.
I suppose, to be more precise, the attributes of the Christian God that are commonly accepted to be true cannot be true, but that doesn't mean the same entity that allegedly created the universe didn't also divinely inspire the bible. God the Uncaring and Mildly Malevolent is perfectly possible and would resolve all kinds of theological paradoxes.
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Let me break this down for you:
1. The claim, put forth by believers, is that Yahweh exists.
2. The burden of proof rests upon the person making the claim.
3. The evidence presented for the existence of the deity is the Bible, a book
we know was written by men, but the believer insists was divinely inspired by God.
4. The information contained within the book contains numerous contradictions and demonstrably false information.
This leaves us with two possibilities:
1. Believers continue to claim that the Bible is the absolute truth and that it accurately describes God. This leads us to the conclusion that God as described is demonstrably false - it cannot exist because of the contradictions that are presented about its nature.
2. Admit that the Bible is not true and does not accurately represent God. You now have no evidence for the existence of God, and what is presented without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.