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Atheists & Agnostics

Farmer-Rick

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3. Yeah, you can never prove a negative

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2022, 08:58 AM

Jun 2022

I was having a "discussion" with a friend and I almost told him to prove Aliens do Not exist. (I think intelligent alien life forms exist somewhere in the universe.) Of course he never could because you can't prove a negative.

But since I made the extraordinary claim of alien life forms existence, I had to prove the claim. Of course, I just reverted to the Drake equation and eternal chaotic inflation. But truth be told, neither piece of evidence is sufficient.

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Can I prove God doesn't exist? Yes, but only if you first prove Godzilla doesn't exist. [View all] Towlie Jun 2022 OP

This post makes absolutely no sense to me. Tomconroy Jun 2022 #1

Homer Simpson has already proved there's no God albeit accidentally. nycbos Jun 2022 #2

Yeah, you can never prove a negative Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #3

The man made Bible God certainly doesn't exist, because I'm on because a man doesn't have the abilit Heather MC Jul 2022 #4