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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
I don't know if I care for the idea that Atheists would believe in God if there was proof of God, because I think the same could be said about Christians if there was proof of no-God.
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I just think it is totally consistent for the athiest to believe in god, if presented with scientific evidence. I don't think the same could be said of the Christian, as they are taught that faith (belief without evidence) is a virtue. There are many Christians (and others of faith) who refuse to accept the evidence supporting evolution, the age of the earth, etc., based on, what I can gather, faith.[/QUOTE]
Which concerns itself with a lot of the "What is proof" discussion. Science is imperfect, so to get someone of faith to trust science, it would have to be undeniable. It's a matter of seeing is believing for some people. Much in the same way Atheists reject God, some religious people have difficultly trusting Science they cannot definitively experience.
It's kind of a pointless conversation to have really. We're supposing the outcomes of a belief system based on the idea that what they believe to be true is someone undeniably proven false. I think that no matter what, if you give someone undeniable evidence of something, most people will believe you. If there is even an element to it that's deniable, you'll find some people to deny it.