Reply #19: Sounds a little hypocritical [View All]

[Karmakaze]

Belief in UFO's without proof is much the same as belief in God without proof. I believe in neither, while still accept the possibility of both.

Having said that, there is a qualitve difference between belief in God and belief in UFO's. That difference is objective evidence. There are claimed to be photos of things called UFO's that can not be explained in any other way (although I personally doubt them, many are compelling). I have yet to see even ONE photo of God.

That is what it would take for me to believe in either - clear OBJECTIVE evidence of existence that can NOT be explained by any other means. Witness sightings are SUBJECTIVE, and thus are not trustworthy. Some claim to have felt God's presence, yet we know we can induce such feelings using EM fields. In other words such feelings are generated in the brain, and are not objective. Maybe the person who felt it has a mental illness, maybe they entered a strong EM field, or maybe a neuron misfired randomly, but there is no way to tell from external evidence what actually happened.

So proof of God would need to be subjective.

Secondly, it would have to prove that God not only exists, but is sentient. A "miracle" is not proof of a sentient being. It could just as easily be a random occurence that resulted in supernatural effects. Unless a "miracle" is accompanied by a clear indication of a sentient being having made it happen, then even a "miracle" is not proof of "God".

Finally, God would have to prove to not only exist and be sentient, but to be all powerful. This would be hard to prove, because for example a supernatural being may be powerful and able to make all sorts of "miracles" happen, without being ALL powerful. To me, the only way to prove such power would be for God to destroy the creation he claims to have made.

So in essence, proving God exists, may in fact be the LAST thing we want :)