• Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run
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    5 months ago

    And there are no ongoing studies, clinical trials, etc regarding the existence or non-existence of god. And of course this IS a “shitpost”.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That’s probably because the current Abrahamic incarnation of god and his attributes are carefully designed to be a non-falsifiable claim.

      So the point is actually rendered moot. God is according to the True Believer invisible, intangible, only works in “mysterious ways,” and cannot be observed to have any influence on the universe, nor leaves any evidence of his existence except “faith.” By those metrics, it’s irrelevant whether he exists or not. A hypothetical force that exists but doesn’t affect anything is interchangeable from a functional standpoint from something that doesn’t exist.

      See also: Russel’s Teapot.