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MineralMan

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2. There are no actual "proofs" in theology.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:50 AM
Jan 2019

Every argument depends on its initial premise. If the initial premise has no proof of being true, the entire argument is pointless. The initial premise in every religious argument is that a deity exists or that deities exist.

However, many people have religious beliefs. They often accept the initial premise without any proof, on faith alone. Still, however, claims like the one you presented are mere guesswork, since nobody can claim to know the mind of a deity, whether or not it exists.

Religion does not require and cannot provide proofs, because it cannot prove its initial premise.

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