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10 Comments
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
Yes, but they claim that he does affect reality, in subtle ways in the world of the living, and in not-so-subtle ways in the world of the dead, where, coincidentally, it can't be tested.
Fixbeat@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
whotookkarl@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Most don't even offer a money back guarantee if you don't get the afterlife promised for all the tithing paid
smokebuddy@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Metaphysics is by definition outside of physics, and hence is indistinguishable from non-existence (not being a real thing). The moment metaphysics or a metaphysical entity (God) interacts with the physical world, that mechanism of interaction would become testable/verifiable - and cease to be "Godly" (it'd become a testable, verifiable, probabilistically consistent mechanism of physical dimension).
Thus an interventionist God can't exist in any meaningful or knowable sense, and a non-interventionist God may as well not exist for now.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
True. Well, now that that’s settled, who’s everyone’s favorites for the playoffs?
Sb93@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 1y
You can't see the wind but its real
Denvil@lemmy.one · 10 pts · 1y
That's the entire point... wind is a physical part of our world
DougHolland@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
The wind doesn't usually molest children.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
The effects of the wind are producable, observable, and repeatable. Science.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Wind can be measured by its effect on the physical reality we can confirm is objective through observation and experimentation; imaginary friends need believers to have any effect at all, otherwise dead gods and gods with no followers would be measurably different categories.
shasta@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
And we can prove it