Zygimantas

No. You need evidence for existence not for non-existence. Why the hell would you need evidence for something not to exist. Having no evidence that something exist is evidence that it does not exist.

The existence of God can neither be proven nor disproven; there is no factual "evidence" to support either side, only opinions/personal beliefs. However, when someone tells you a story, and claims it to be the only truth, it's his job to prove he's correct, and not your job to disprove his story. If I posted here that the only true God is Mr.Green ( :mrgreen: ) because he's so kind, and he really did create the universe, and because I have a book of his word, none of you could prove me wrong, but that's not your job. It's my job to present proof regarding Mr.Green's doings, and the truthfulness in the book I claim to have. "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof."- Christopher Hitchens That quote of yours presents an irresponsible and somewhat closed-minded notion, to be honest. I might even go so far as to call it childish (not to imply that you are). :mellow: I'm sure everyone who subscribes to that quote is already well aware that there is no physical, concrete proof which can corroborate God's existence (or that of any other supernatural being/phenomenon), yet they still ask for definitive "evidence" anyway while stating that the original assertion can simply be dismissed if no such proof is provided. Anyone who makes this stipulation does so with no intent of hearing the other side out from the start, as they've already decided that nothing can be done to change their minds; for the most part, they merely wish to discredit their "opponents" by asking the impossible under the guise of innocent curiosity/debate. In other words, it's something of a loaded question, and really wouldn't be used by someone genuinely interested in debating this topic. Now, under normal circumstances, it would be natural to expect the opposing side in a debate to present evidence which supports their claims/arguments, but here we're debating over our personal beliefs concerning the possible existence and nature of "God" - a supposedly supernatural being. Because of this, neither side (those who believe in some form of diety and those who do not) can possibly find/provide evidence as support for their claims, since we live in a strictly "natural" world; the "supernatural" is, by definition, beyond our reach and unable to be tested. All we have to use in this debate are our own personal beliefs/feelings, and so it's ridiculous to try to levy the so-called "burden of proof" on one party alone and insinuate that they must be wrong unless they can satisfy an impossible condition (that of finding "proof" to confirm/deny the existence of the supernatural). Attempting to do so is merely a lazy deflection; neither side has any real evidence to support their beliefs, so it's unreasonable (not to mention hypocritical) to waste everyone's time trying to make either party "prove" anything. --------------------- Concerning the remainder of your post: As Surrealist said, Mr. Green cannot realistically be compared to the concept of "God". Mr. Green is a forum emoticon, while "God" (in one form or another) is a being who has existed in the minds of billions of humans for several thousands of years. In many ways, God is already "real" despite whether or not he actually exists; belief in God has had a much more profound and lasting effect on the human race than any single person or group of people can ever hope to have. Even if there's no definitive evidence to attest to God's existence, it's noteworthy that such a staggering number of people have held a belief in him/her/it for so long. The concept of God is not so easily "dismissed" as you claim, or at least shouldn't be by any open-minded, reasonable person. It's a worthy topic for debate and study, and so shouldn't be trivialised as you appear to be doing. Well, I still stand by my stance that I only believe in things that can be proven. I still hold the possibility that god may exist but only if actual evidence is found, and not like my friend said " I know he is real because of faith." He was just using Mr.Green as an example, he wasn't comparing it to god. He could have used anything else like fairies or elves, mr.green is no different. Its the same as if he would have used the flying spaghetti monster as an example. Anything not proven that may exist=god

The existence of God can neither be proven nor disproven; there is no factual "evidence" to support either side, only opinions/personal beliefs. Yep, but I only believe in something if it can be proven, or else I would be believing in any story anyone told me. On the side note, I just read Exodus:21 and laughed at the notion that none of my christian friends have Hebrew slaves yet.

Too many commercials :mellow:

My diet includes eating as much calories and protein as I can. This includes eating protein bars/ snacks when I'm not that hungry. I'm trying to gain weight for basketball, I do track and I lift so I'm losing fat while gaining muscle :grin:

With those times you would be the best distance runner in my school :thumbsup:

The way Cornell plays basketball is just beautiful. Great shooting team with very few turnovers =D>

yea, I'm starting to think that picking a good bracket is 75% luck.

Reminds me of The Day Of All The Blood. THIS IS THE STORY OF A DAY WHERE THERE WAS ALL THIS BLOOD. A MAN WAS WALKING AROUND AND BLOOD STARTED COMING OUT OF HIM EVERYWHERE. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD THAT IT FILLED UP AN ELEVATOR. HE WENT TO THE STORE AND THERE WAS JUST BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE! PEOPLE WERE SLIPPING IN IT AND THEY WERE ALL GROSSED OUT. HE TRIED TO GO SWIMMING AND ALL OF THE SHARKS WENT NUTS AND BITTENED EVERYBODY. HE GOT CHASED BY ALL THE VAMPIRES EVER. ONE TIME THE BLOOD GOT A KID AND A DOG. AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYONE DECIDED THEY WOULD SEND HIM TO SPACE SO THAT HE WOULD STOP GETTING BLOOD EVERY WHERE. THE SCARIEST PART IS THAT THE MAN WAS YOU!!! (OR HE WAS A LADY IF YOU ARE A LADY) AND YOU FORGOT THAT THIS HAPPENED OMGZ :ohnoes:

You just summarized exactly what I learned about in human geo this chapter ( population).

That has to be one of the corniest copy pasta's I've ever read :thumbup: yep =D> :thumbsup:

Dont dismiss this outright as the work of some raving lunatic. Theres some sense to this story, if youll just hear me out Look, we all wonder if time travel is possible, right? Well, let me tell you something it is. Im from the future, actually. I know you probably dont believe that, but seriously, Im from the future. Its a really great thing; getting to see the past, watching events unfold stuff like that. We know more now than we ever would. Behind all the fun, though, theres a more serious aspect. We arent supposed to go in our own lifetime, and we are never allowed to contact our past selves. Let me tell you, Im breaking that rule right now. Yes, kid, youre talking to yourself. Your future self. Im going to be executed for this, but you know what? I accept that. Im preventing something by talking to you that is worse than death. I cant tell you outright what to do, because the filters would catch it. This is the closest I can get, trust me. I can, however, send a little message. You should probably read the first word of every paragraph, now.

Bulls on a 7 game losing streak <_<

Well thats not good, how are you going to talk to them if you get nervous around them?

golden shoe, what is it?

This girl I have known since august has a personality that I would love in a gf. I would ask her out, but the only problem is that I find her too unattractive.. Man, I never meet a good-looking girl with a good personality.

How much do you think you have improved? First track meet of the season for me is tomorrow. Its a freshman invite, and I'm running in a 4X800, 1600m, and 4X400. 3 events is gonna be though, but it just gives me more chances to compete and help the team win the meet.

My school only offers 3 languages.. French, Italian and Spanish. I'm taking Spanish, and I don't like it at all. I will forget it as soon as i'm done after this semester..

Bought a pair of Nike frees, gonna try them out today :thumbsup:

I'm having a problem understanding what to do, the article doesn't seem to have clear instructions. But anyways, here is a few pictures of the problem: "application can not be found" even when its right there. Later This has also stopped my java from working correctly, its enabled in my firefox and I reinstalled it... :mellow:

Wow, your long distance times are impressive :thumbsup: I have my first time trial of the season for the mile tomorrow.. haven't ran a mile since spring :shock:

I have recently been infected with some type of virus, I believe I have gotten rid of it, but it did its damage. What happened is, it broke all my links between files. For example: when I click on firefox ( the file, not shortcut) it asks for what do I want to open firefox[Caution: Executable File] with.. which I then have to click on firefox[Caution: Executable File] again to open it. When I open a program it either doesn't let me open it and says " I have no permission", or "the file is not found" Or when it does eventually open ( like firefox) I have to click open firefox with firefox every time I open it... Its really getting annoying, and I can't really install anything because its asking me to open the install file with a file I have not installed yet.. this is all very confusing and I just want to know.. Is there a way I could fix all the file " links" so they open when I click on them. I would post a pic of this problem, but I can't open paint <_< Oh, and I have windows vista.

I am a happy Atheist :thumbsup:

That's because humans still like to believe the universe revolves around us. We have to have a purpose and have our hands in everything. exactly.

I have no idea how such a thing could exist.