Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Ben Shapiro calmly EDUCATED by Stephen Woodford" video.
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@achelouss1717
I would argue that, within the context of our world (not some abstracted playing field), he most definitely can be proven not to exist.
To start, anybody who asserts God/ a god's supernatural abilities/properties has no skin in the game, as the concept of something superseding the natural defies any human attempt to observe, and consequently, prove (or disprove) it.
Come to think of it, that's a defining feature of the vast majority of deities, so I could just say that I rest my case, but...
Evidence for any specific God is faulty when you're reading religious texts. (You could argue that they're allegorical or guidelines, but at that point there's no reason to cherrypick the existence of a God as true when the Creation story isn't.)
Abrahamic: Creation story is clearly of Mesopotamian or Egyptian origin; archaeological evidence for a regional flood (not to mention the complete infeasibility of a 600 year old man capturing 2 of every kind of animal alive and bringing them all onto a seaworthy vessel);
a huge chunk of Jesus' life completely absent from Scripture, little to no evidence for written accounts at the time of occurrence; apocalypse story defies the laws of physics;
Contradictory Quranic verses; clear adhesion to cultural norms rather than universal truths (which is an unprovable concept on its own).
Dharmic: Historical documentation of the development of religious doctrine, i.e. incorporation of foreign gods into the vernacular religion; literally too many gods to count with overlapping duties/abilities;
speaks poignant truths about human nature, but neuroscience has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that consciousness is kept in our heads and leaves us when we die, i.e. no reincarnation.
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