Sunday, August 02, 2009

Ray Comfort's take on believing whether something exists, and if it actually does

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The buffoon's latest post touches on how not believing in something means it doesn't exist, along with the usual cringe-inducingly bad illustration. Most of it is unworthy of attention, but in this little bit we see Comfort's true potential for stupid examples shine through:

If you are an atheist try an experiment. Go outside at midday on a clear day, look at the sun and say, "I see no evidence that suns exist." You will notice that the sun doesn’t go away. An old Chinese proverb says, "He who gazes upon the sun need not debate its brilliance."

The sun exists despite whatever you do or don’t believe about it. It’s intellectually embarrassing to have to explain this, but unbelief or belief doesn’t negate reality.

If you think that's "intellectually embarrassing", imagine the mental anguish I'm going through right now, having read something so completely stupid. Atheists believe in the Sun because it's right there, high in the sky for all to see at will. We feel its heat, we see thanks to its light, we've sent countless probes to explore it and we've meticulously studied it for decades (and that's just with the advent of modern scientific equipment; we've been studying it without modern technology for far longer still). We know its there because we can prove it in many, many, maaany ways, all of them scientific.

Whereas, we cannot prove God's existence in any way imaginable. How can we, when he cannot be seen, heard, felt, tasted, smelled, or anything at all, and his effects are intangible?

Good grief, Ray, are you intentionally trying to outdo yourself with every new post you make? Are you really that desperate for attention or something?