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Old 19-03-2009, 06:39   #49
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Re: The existence of God

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Originally Posted by Maggy J View Post
...And why should those of faith have to continually have to answer the same damned question? ....
Because religious belief is a powerful influence in society?

To use an analogy: Don't you agree that we should continually question a drug company about a medicine that has been available for decades? Or are you happy to accept the "authoritative answer", and not insist on examining the long-term safety data?

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Originally Posted by TheDon View Post
.... But I'm not going to try to debate the existence of God on the basis of logic and reason, because I know that religion doesn't have either of these things, and it doesn't need to.
Well, logic sets us apart from the other animals. It's the best tool we have to differentiate between fact and fiction.

To use an analogy: Without logic we would still think the sun revolved around a flat earth.
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