What theists do not seem to understand.

DaftAss · 3 months

Theists understand this perfectly; they consider the non-existence of their deity to be an extraordinary claim.

cheesesavouries · 3 months

I believe David Hume was the first to make this observation, no disrespect to Carl Sagan.

cuttlefish1054 · 3 months

Also a coherent definition of the claim being made helps, too.

Uranus_Hz · 3 months

They think God existing is perfectly obvious and that the claim that God does NOT exist is extraordinary. This is why they expect atheists to prove God does NOT exist, instead of the other way around.

UnholyGeezer · 3 months

This just creates a dispute over what is extraordinary, and what isn't.

The burden of proof lies with the one claiming knowledge.

Dan007a · 3 months

There is an extraordinary amount of archaeological evidence backing up the Bible though.

SolomonGomes · 3 months

They've got their bible. I think it's extraordinary that they consider it evidence.

carleslireis · 3 months

What atheists don't understand is that the Christian God does not require scientific evidence, any more than logic requires scientific evidence.

TheBlasianBruski · 3 months

What theists AND atheists don't seem to understand. FTFY I mean, shit, we're basically saying an omnipotent being doesn't exist. We have no solid proof so we can't say for sure that one does not exist. Though, we do lack proof of existence of one, and because of burden of proof blah blah blah, the consensus is that there isn't one.

d_hood · 3 months

Sorry to break it to you (coming from a non-religious person who believes science), but science has made extraordinary claims and has been wrong a lot. Also, many things in science are incorrect and the truth will be proven later on. In fact, there are a lot of scientific theories that scientists accept for the fact that it is just the best thing that makes the most sense now.

I'm not knocking down science whatsoever, I'm knocking down the anti-religion/atheist fundamentalists.

PS: Darwin was a Christian.

Adaptation01 · 3 months

The main problem is that they don't feel they need to even look for it, content and confident that what they believe is true, and that's the scary part.

rngdmstr · 3 months

Ironically, it was this very same quote that Sagan used to justify his opposition to atheism itself.

sdflksjdfl · 3 months

Carl sagan is an agnostic.

In reply to a question in 1996 about his religious beliefs, Sagan answered, "I'm agnostic."[47] Sagan's views on religion have been interpreted as a form of pantheism comparable to Einstein's belief in Spinoza's God.[48] Sagan maintained that the idea of a creator of the universe was difficult to prove or disprove and that the only conceivable scientific discovery that could challenge it would be an infinitely old universe.[49]


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