Eric B
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This demonstrates the "exists until proven otherwise" thinking that is inherently erroneous. Again, Invisible Pink Unicorns.
In this case, the possibilities of "exists" and "not exists" would be two choices that we do not have absolute proof for.Darjur said:4# Until something is proven, the default position is skepticism. One does not logically believe in something he has no proof for.
The skeptics always throw up some analogy, such as pink unicorns, or the "Flying Spaghetti Monster". But these were obviously things people imagined; and notice, they all use distorted earthly images (animals, manmade food, etc.)
God, in the basic generic definition, is the intelligence that created the universe. We may not have ultimate proof for various aspects of this entity, and people may have added all sorts of fanciful notions like the ones you use (an old man sitting in a chair, etc); but once those are removed; the concept of a God is nothing like unicorns. It is a description of a definite role in the cosmos, and not random images of earthly manmade things thrown together.