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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
But this is absurd. You could say this about any proposition for which no evidence is available or forthcoming. Sliver's reference to Russell's Teapot is bang on. That's just one odd, silly example of something that there's no good reason to believe is true or false, so we default to false. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is another.
You could pull out of your ass any belief system you liked, and suggest that it can't be proven or disproven, so closing your mind to the possibility it's true is equally closed-minded as being certain that it is. That is nonsense.
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How is it any more nonsense to have an idea about something so incomprehensible pretty much any idea of it seems impossible, than it it is to be certain (IE 100% the truth) that this thing actually is impossible?
Doesn't any conversation surrounding the afterlife, whether on the side of it or not, have to include at least a shred of doubt on either side?
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Originally Posted by Sliver
We can agree to disagree. I feel bad that you're putting so much effort into your replies and I'm one-lining you. I appreciate your willingness to engage, but I really don't have much to contribute other than '*grunt* religion is dumb,' which isn't helpful or interesting to read so I'm going to back out of this thread a bit.
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I think religion is dumb too. But, to me at least, ideas about afterlife don't necessarily have to coincide with any sort of religious leanings.