Quote from: FroggysDoggy on August 13, 2018, 10:01:55 PM

Quote from: luckybar on August 09, 2018, 01:57:25 PM

Well no one can prove that god doesn't exist either.

Don't even get me started on the Scientology cult. I saw an inteview with Leah Remini on the Joe Rogan podcast, I never realized how batshit crazy that religion is. They also are stealing billions of dollars from their slaves.

I'm an atheist, but the idea that the existence of God can neither be proved nor disproved demonstrates how intellectually weak we are...

Nobody can prove there isn't a Flying Spaghetti Monster either, but it doesn't make the idea plausible

God could easily be proven true, all he has to do is show himself to the world... If he really is god, that would be easy, right? But alas, god is the hide and seek champion of the universe for 2000 years running

We can test claims about god, like the efficacy of prayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies_on_intercessory_prayer#The_STEP_project

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Harvard professor Herbert Benson performed a "Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP)" in 2006.[39] The STEP, commonly called the "Templeton Foundation prayer study" or "Great Prayer Experiment", used 1,802 coronary artery bypass surgery patients at six hospitals. Using double-blind protocols, patients were randomized into three groups, individual prayer receptiveness was not measured. The members of the experimental and control Groups 1 and 2 were informed they might or might not receive prayers, and only Group 1 received prayers. Group 3, which served as a test for possible psychosomatic effects, was informed they would receive prayers and subsequently did. Unlike some other studies, STEP attempted to standardize the prayer method. Only first names and last initial for patients were provided and no photographs were supplied. The congregations of three Christian churches who prayed for the patients "were allowed to pray in their own manner, but they were instructed to include the following phrase in their prayers: "for a successful surgery with a quick, healthy recovery and no complications".[40] Some participants complained that this mechanical way they were told to pray as part of the experiment was unusual for them. Complications of surgery occurred in 52 percent of those who received prayer (Group 1), 51 percent of those who did not receive it (Group 2), and 59 percent of patients who knew they would receive prayers (Group 3)

According to this study, knowing that people are praying for you gives a worse result (note: Templeton Foundation is a religious organization)