Comment Re:I never got why this became so big (Score 1) 576
Then I was like, "Well he's not going to fire himself, then his company won't have any employees."
Fine, I'll be more clear.
The idea that no proof is possible is trivially easy to disprove. If an all-powerful being exists, that being must have the power to prove it's own existence. No such proof exists, and therefore it becomes necessary to invent excuses for the all-powerful being.
When a religious person says no proof is possible, what they're really saying is that they have a pet list of these excuses.
When it becomes necessary to invent excuses and there's that pet list, how does that make it trivial to disprove that no proof is possible? I think it's more trivial to prove that proof is impossible. For example (here's my pet list):
As I typed earlier, too much of it (maybe all of it?) is cleverly built to require faith.
If an all-powerful being exists, that being must have the power to prove it's own existence. No such proof exists
Why must the proof exist? I have the power to make a snowman in the front yard. No such snowman exists. My reason for not making one is my own, but my kids will gladly make a poor attempt at one and tell their friends that I built it with one arm or something.
Am I my kids' imaginary father?
Blah blah blah milkman blah blah blah roto-rooter blah blah blah hilarious.
Seriously though, it is not trivial to prove that this "God" character exists. Too much of it (maybe all of it?) is cleverly built to require faith. Too clever for humans, maybe that's the proof? Maybe not, I don't know. I believe. I'm open to be proven wrong.
(and I don't see how that could be worked into this car analogy either)
New cleaner gasoline will disable your hybrid car's battery, so you can't use it. Stick to the old dirty gasoline (until there are fewer and fewer stations that sell that type...)
And yeah, don't get me started on widely space save points.
Remember Turok 2? Gawd.
We are not a clone.