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Originally Posted by Michael Chui  Quote:
Originally Posted by Hsiang-Lin You're saying God is based upon an unproveable assumption, hence it is simply speculation. | Read closer to the agnostic creed. (I am, of course, nitpicking what Mark said, not what Hsiang-Lin said.) God is not based on an unprovable assumption. God, as defined as an incomprehensible, undefinable (though he most certainly is), etc., is either assumed or not. |
I just wanted to clarify something before I get to the meat of the responses. My comment was that
claims based on unprovable assumptions were problematic. In relation to God, the issue is the claim that It exists, a claim which is based on an unprovable assumption.