• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I am certain that Russel’s teapot is not orbiting Jupiter.

    If you want to hypothesize about the existence of some kind of demiurge then that’s one thing, but religions are about some really and weirdly specific gods with very specific rules and systems and laws without a shred of evidence for anything.

    Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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      4 months ago

      That teapot is orbiting somewhere. I have no idea if my universe is the one.

      Saying that you “know” there is no God is an extraordinary claim. Do you demand extraordinary evidence from people that make that claim? Or do you only demand it from people following a philosophy that requires them to believe independent of evidence?

      Honestly, this is about as smart as religious people demanding miracles before they will believe in Science.

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        4 months ago

        I do not demand evidence that Ruasel’s teapot is not orbiting Jupiter. It’s clearly not and anyone who thinks it is is a quack.