Reply #53: Forgive me, but you make the same mistake again and again

[Orrex]

to the best of my knowledge, all information points to no gods existing. But if you don't like that example, I have countless others that are different.

*sigh*
That's not certainty. That's strong confidence. If you were truly certain, you wouldn't use disclaimers like "to the best of my knowledge" or "all information points to." Instead, you hedge your bet, which is a clear indication of uncertainty. Certainty would empower you to say "there is no possibility that any god exists."

If you now wish to make that statement, then you must show why you are justified in making that statement.

I am CERTAIN the sun will rise in the East rather than the West tomorrow. Are you uncertain about this?

What if the Sun goes nova before dawn tomorrow? What if you find out that your concept of east/west is 180° incorrect? Are these probable outcomes? No, but they're not impossible, so you're not certain. You're strongly confident.

My sense is that you find the distinction to be purely semantic, but I do not. You are making declarations about absolutes, when you lack sufficient justification for such declarations.


It's not my intent to hijack this thread, but you're committing the same mistakes here that you made in our previous debate.